Depression glass patterns range from simple to ornate, but whatever the pattern, their beauty sparkles just as brightly today ...

A good piece of facon de Venise Whitefriars can bring prices in the high hundreds, while there are plenty of buyers for the vaseline glass shades and vases that characterise the Harry Powell era.

This realised £90,000 in Bonhams’ 2011 sale of glass from Hubbard’s collection. Lesser wares with simple white enamelled vine motifs can be priced under £1500. Colour twist values have a pecking order ...