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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 184633, member: 85&quot;]From this page, scroll down, under the ad:</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308211058/http://www.goofus.org/milk.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308211058/http://www.goofus.org/milk.html" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20120308211058/http://www.goofus.org/milk.html</a></p><p><i><b>&quot;As I have stated upon the web page for opalescent glass, I do not consider that&nbsp; these pieces are &quot;Goofus glass&quot;&nbsp; but rather Opal (milk) glass with &quot;Goofus-style&quot; decoration.&nbsp; Surely, every Goofus glass collector has lots of these tucked away as part of their broadband accumulation.&quot;</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From Warman&#039;s antique guide:</p><p><i>&quot;Goofus glass is a pressed glass with relief designs.&nbsp; The back or front are painted.&nbsp; The designs are usually in red, green<b> with a metallic gold ground</b>.&nbsp; Popular from 1890 -1920, used as a premium at carnivals.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b> &quot;with a metallic gold ground&quot;</b> </i></p><p>I have always understood Goofus glass to be entirely painted on a clear glass.&nbsp; Milk glass may be accented with gold or other colors, but unless the whole thing is painted, I would not call it Goofus glass.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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