Anchor Hocking made dozens of pieces of their popular Early American Prescut (EAPC) glass beginning about 1960 and continued most pieces until 1978, and a few – cruets, shakers, creamer, sugar – lingered on for another 20 years and the vase even beyond that. It’s mostly an extensive serving piece pattern although you could get enough pieces to set your table for individual place settings.
Plates
Most EAPC plates are too big for individual use, but there is a small plate that is 6 3/4 inches across, bigger than most bread and butter plates (or sherbet liners in depression ware), a little smaller than some salad or dessert plates. This plate has a smooth rim.
The 11 inch plate, considered a sandwich plate, has a cupped edge with scallops. It’s larger than most dinner plates and the curved edge is definitely different from most ceramic dinner plates.
The two other plates that would work best for dinnerware use, both with cup rings, are snack plates. This snack set is the 10 inch size. Notice the cup is the same as the punch cup; it lacks the star of most EAPC pieces.
Bowls
Anchor Hocking made a 4 /14 inch bowl similar to the bowl at the top of the page, and three bowls between 5 and 6 inches across. At one time I had a zillion of these (or so it seemed when I kept tripping over them) but lack good photos. Here is a green EAPC a good size for soup or salad.
Tumblers, Cup and Saucer
There are three tumblers, including this 4 1/2 inch water glass that holds 10 ounces. It’s probably the easiest to find. The others are the juice size and 6 inch tall, slim ice tea tumbler that holds 15 ounces. All are flat.
If you add in glasses from the very similar Pineapple Prescut or Oatmeal Prescut patterns there are even more tumblers to choose among.
Hocking made a 4 1/2 saucer with cup ring for the cup, but I have never seen one nor are they mentioned in some glass guides. You can see it on the Replacements website, out of stock at the moment.
Florence lists a sherbet in his Fire King guide without a photo.
Pitchers
You can choose your favorite size with EAPC pitchers. This first one shown is the smallest, 18 ounces.
The middle size is square and the hardest to find. The largest holds 60 ounces. It is heavy when you fill it and awkward to use.
Summary
You could cobble together a dish set for dinner with some odd-seeming plates, or go with the snack set which conveniently pairs a cup and a nice sized plate that makes a good set for lunch or dessert. You can easily find drinking glasses and pitchers and it would be fun to use the small bowls, which are common, and a small pitcher for your breakfast cereal.
Basically Early American Prescut is a serving and accessory pattern, not a true dinnerware line.