Remember Nana’s green and amber glasses and vases? Well they’re aplenty at the Depression Glass Exhibition.

More than 500 items of 80-plus year old glass produced during the 1930s are on display and it is rare to find so many pieces available for sale and on exhibition, said Campbell’s Store owner Trevor Richards.

From the late 1920s through to the early 1940s, manufacturers such as Federal Glass, MacBeth-Evans and Hocking Glass, made mass produced moulded glassware that was of relatively poor quality, often exhibiting air bubbles, heavy mould marks and other flaws. However it came in beautiful colours and patterns to suit every taste.

Depression glass has been highly collectable and due to its popularity is becoming scarce. Rare pieces sell for several hundred dollars. These include uranium glass, made by adding uranium oxide diuranate to the glass mix which makes each piece glow under ultra violet light.