Milk Glass Rolling Pin

Q: I have a milk glass rolling pin with wood handles my mother got in 1931 and I got it when I married in 1954. I use it all the time and love it. Does it have any value?

A: Rolling pins were first used over a thousand years ago. Early pins were handmade of wood. Rolling pins made of wood, glass, porcelain, marble, tin, and other materials were mass-produced beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1864, a rolling pin with a central rod that didn’t turn with the rest of the rolling pin was invented by John W. Reed, a black American inventor. Rolling pins that are decorated, carved, or have advertisements on them sell for more than plain pins. A milk glass rolling pin without decoration but with a brand name sells for about $15.