Much as I like Lancaster's Jubilee depression glass, this is the first post in this blog (which has thousands of posts!) about the pattern. The reason? I had so very little of it over the years we … [Read more...]
Old English Depression Glass from Indiana
Old English dates to 1925 to 1930, a very early pattern of mass-produced glassware. Indiana made it in green, crystal, some pink and their lovely shade of rich amber. I do not believe they reissued … [Read more...]
Cameo Ballerina Depression Glass Cups and Saucers
Cameo depression glass from Hocking is a beautiful pattern with a central design of a dancing girl in a frame, surrounded by swags and scrolls. Hocking made Cameo for a longer time than many of their … [Read more...]
Queen Mary Depression Glass – Crystal or Pink
Hocking Glass made Queen Mary beginning in 1936 and continuing through WW2 to 1949; the heavier style with geometric design is typical of the late depression patterns and prescut designs Hocking made … [Read more...]
Petalware Depression Glass – Pink, White and Flowers!
Petalware is very pretty, unassuming depression glass pattern from MacBeth Evans. You can find lovely ethereal looking Monax white, warm off-white Ivrene, transparent pink, crystal and Monax with … [Read more...]
Depression Glass Trimmed with Gold, Silver or Platinum
Last post we looked at elegant glass with gold trim, usually around the rim, and glassware which had the etch picked out in gold, called encrusted. Today let's look at mass produced depression glass, … [Read more...]
Roulette Green Depression Glass
Roulette has two rows of vertical little rectangles near the rim, meant to look like a roulette wheel. Hocking Glass made Roulette during the latter half of the depression, 1935-38. It doesn't seem … [Read more...]
Columbia – Bold Crystal Depression Glass
Somehow Columbia depression glass from Federal rarely made it into this blog even though I had many pieces of it once upon a time. Columbia is a big, bold pattern, usually crystal, and square-ish … [Read more...]
Ruby Red Glass
During the depression companies made far more pieces and patterns in other colors - green, pink, yellow, crystal, amber, blue - than in red. This photo from the national depression glass show a few … [Read more...]
Fortune and Old Café Depression Glass Tumblers
Fortune depression glass pattern from Hocking Glass, includes both juice and water tumblers mostly in pink and some crystal. The pattern motif is a fairly sharp, narrow vertical rib between two … [Read more...]