Vintage glassware is a big part of our inventory here at Allora Vintage.  My hometown was a glass-making center from the 1920’s through the 1980’s, and I’ve come into possession of lots of original, untouched glassware made by Hazel-Atlas, Brockway, and Anchor-Hocking. Most people just call any old white glassware “milk-glass,” but that’s not […]

Echoes in the mountains Allora Vintage comes from the mountains of north-central West Virginia and a small city that was home to thousands of Italian immigrants.  Our family has lived here for a few generations, working in the coal mines and on the railroad.  As many of that era, they saved and reused everything (How […]

Because we love the artifacts of history. I had the privilege of working at one of the world’s most venerated and historic institutions, the Smithsonian, where every day I was surrounded by some of the greatest “finds” you can ever imagine.  I got to go behind the scenes with renowned curators and world experts, seeing […]