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Jeannette Glass made Doric depression glass during the middle of the Great Depression, from 1935 to 1938, thus it is one of the last mold-etched patterns. Doric has a quiet, classic charm with a band of squares that alternate plain with a Doric design. Jeannette made all pieces except the cream soup in pink and in green – the pink was much more prevalent where we lived in Michigan – plus the sherbet, 3-part candy and pitcher in Delphite and the the 3-part candy in iridescent and a few in ultra marine (teal) and a very few pitchers in yellow.
Doric is a dinnerware pattern with several serving pieces and tumblers plus two candy dishes and a coaster. Doric bowls include a small berry bowl/sauce dish, cereal and in green only, a 2-handled cream soup.
For plates choose among the 6 inch sherbet plate, salad plate, 9 inch dinner plate and a grill plate. Dinner plates come in 2 styles, with a smooth or a serrated rim. The dinner plate with smooth rim is easier to find and is shown at the top of this article.
Doric has the usual cup and saucer, creamer and sugar, sherbet.
There is a wide array of serving pieces, including 3 serving bowls, oval platter, salt and pepper, pitcher, butter dish, cake plate, and a nifty modular set of tray with relish inserts that can be used several ways.
There are 3 tumblers, 2 are footed and 1 is flat. These plus the pitchers make a fun beverage set.
The tall candy jar is lovely with the Doric motif repeated around the lid finial, the lid edge and the top of the base.
The candy dish shown above in Delphite was produced in the 1970s in iridescent.
The Doric we had was all in good condition and I didn’t notice any particular problems with chips or wear other than tiny nicks on the three narrow ridges near the rims. It is a good pattern to collect; it has not been reproduced, some pieces are quite easy to find while you will need to hunt for others. Of course some of the rarer pieces, which include tumblers which people tend to break in use, can be pricey but many are in the medium range for cost compared to other pink or green depression glass patterns.
I purchased quite a few pieces of Doric from antique malls and an estate sale over the years when I was buying glass, but you will probably want to look online or glass shows to get the harder to find pieces.