Last post we talked about Iris and Herringbone ruffled bowls, lovely crystal depression glass pieces that have a cheerful, happy appearance. Today let’s look at a other interesting pieces.
First up is the butter dish. You can tell we had this several years ago before I learned to photograph glass!
Iris and Herringbone Crystal Depression Glass Butter Dish
Many depression glass butter dishes are very expensive but the Iris one is quite affordable, in the $45 range or so for crystal and $50-ish for the iridescent. I’ve seen the crystal ones many times but have never come across the iridescent butter dish.
Only about a third of the depression glass patterns you are likely to come across have candle holders; Iris and Herringbone has quite a nice one. It’s similar to the shape Jeannette used for Swirl.
Iris and Herringbone Crystal Depression Glass Candle Holder
This pitcher is large and heavy! It also was cracked on the foot, something I didn’t notice at first since the crack line blended in with the pattern.
Iris and Herringbone Crystal Footed Pitcher
Vases are also somewhat uncommon in depression glass patterns. Iris has this one, which Jeannette made in crystal, iridescent, a rare transparent pink, and some white with overlay colors.
Here’s the crystal vase. It’s a great size and shape to hold big flowers and heavy enough that it won’t tip over.
Iris and Herringbone Crystal Vase
We had one of the green coated vases a long time ago; it was not very attractive. You can find vases that are white with pink or green coatings on the outside; they are not rare nor particularly valuable. Jeannette made a transparent pink that I saw at the Depression Glass Show last fall that is very rare and valuable. The white with coating vases are from the 1950s or later, not depression era.
Iris and Herringbone Green on White Vase
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