While most milk glass items on these sites go for only a few dollars, rarer pieces can fetch upward of $100 or more. Items that sell at higher prices include whimsical figurines, complete punch ...

The covered dish (usually a candy dish) shaped like a hen sitting on a nest is something that is very commonly seen. They have been made in vast numbers from the late Victorian era to the present ...

Milk glass, an opaque white glass, was named for its color, of course. The thick white glass first became popular from 1870 to 1880. It regained popularity in the 1920s and '30s, then in the 1950s ...

The dish and hundreds of other glass objects that tell hidden stories can be seen in NOMA's "Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass" exhibit, which opens Aug. 30.