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Dogwood is a gorgeous depression glass pattern with a mold-etched design of big 4-petaled flowers and leaves all over. It has almost a brocade look, rich with lovely shapes and comes in pink plus MacBeth Evans made many pieces in green, and a few in Monax white, Cremax cream and even yellow. Similar to other MacBeth Evans patterns Dogwood pieces are thin. They appear delicate but in my experience, are not particularly prone to chipping.
Dogwood is a dinnerware pattern with several serving pieces and tumblers. The decorative accessory piece is a coaster in pink only which is rare, there is no candle holder, candy dish, center handled server, console bowl, so on.
There are three plates, a 6 inch sherbet liner/bread and butter plate, 8 inch luncheon plate, 9 1/4 inch dinner plate and a grill plate. The luncheon plates are among the easiest pieces to find in either pink or green (at least where we lived in Michigan) and the pink ones are among the most affordable pieces in this pattern. That means you could easily acquire a small set for dessert or lunch with friends.
The cereal is the only bowl for individual use or one could use the sherbet which is shaped like a small footed bowl.
MacBeth Evans made two styles of cups, creamers and sugars, referred to as “thick” or “thin”. The cup at the top of this section and shown in the table setting is the thin style, flared at the rim. The creamer and sugar are similar.
The thick style is more upright.
If you like Dogwood for dinner, there are two serving bowls and an oval and a round platter. (The round one is called a salver.) My books refer to the smaller bowl as 8 1/2 inch berry bowl but mine measured closer to 9 inches across. The larger fruit bowl is harder to find, more costly and is over 10 inches across with a flared shape.
The other serving pieces are two pitchers and two cake plates. Both pitchers have the dogwood flowers applied to them, not molded in. This first one comes in pink or green although the green is not easy to find. This next pitcher is called the “American Sweetheart shape” and comes in pink only It is a lovely, graceful shape. Both pitchers hold 80 ounces if you were to fill them to the brim, a good useful size for iced tea.
There are two cake plates. The 13 inch cake plate has a solid foot and is a good size and style to use for layer cakes and you might find it in green or monax in addition to pink. The other cake plate is 11 inches, made in pink only and more costly.
There are several tumblers, three of them are between 4 and 5 inches tall and hold 10 to 12 ounces, thus meant for water or iced drinks. You might find these in pink or green and they have the decoration applied just as with the pitchers.
MacBeth Evans made the last two tumblers, a juice size and one with molded band instead of applied flowers, in pink only. This style with molded band is similar to the S pattern tumblers.