Art Glass Toothpick Holders
Art Glass, the most wide-ranging type of decorative glass, is generally characterized by the exquisite craftsmanship involved in its creation. Art glass can encompass so many different types of decorative glass that it makes it quite difficult to define exactly what Art Glass is. Some examples of Art Glass include: the Inverted Fan & Feather pattern, hand-painted designs on milk glass, delicate satin finishes and intricate shapes.

Colored Pattern Glass Toothpick Holders
Colored Pattern Glass is usually in far more abundance than Art Glass, though some decorative glass pieces may fit the description of both Colored Pattern Glass and Art Glass. Often times these items are mold-blown glass, collected as pattern glass. Pressed glass and use of exquisite colors within the pieces are tell-tales of a Colored Pattern Glass piece.

Glass Figurals Toothpick holders
Glass Figurals, a quite popular form of decorative glass, is probably the easiest form to identify. Figurals can range from blown glass to cut glass to milk glass and on. The forms used are generally organic, using models such as hands, hats, women, faces, the fleur-de-lis, children and animals.

Frosted, Opaque and Milk Glass Toothpick Holders
These different finishes provide a vast array of beautiful and exciting decorative glass. Many Milk Glass items are figural, but one can also find many items such as sugar and salt shakers, complete table settings. Frosted and Opaque glass can come in many forms, including but certainly not limited to figural decorative glass.

Cut Glass Toothpick holders and Crystal Pressed Glass Toothpick Holders
These two types of decorative glass can easily be confused with each other, and unless you’ve spent years documenting the minute differences between them, it can certainly be tedious to decipher between them. Cut Glass usually uses less intricate patterns than pressed crystal, but not always. Typically, Pressed Crystal will come in delicate shapes with intricate patterns, while Cut Glass may come in more geometric, and sometimes less aesthetically pleasing, shapes.