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 bought and sold glass. That’s too bad because it truly is lovely.
My lousy photo does not do the pattern justice. Lancaster used a lovely petal shaped bowl for the cutting, an example bowl is shown below. This bowl is not Jubilee because it lacks the cutting.
There are other patterns, by Lancaster and by their sister company Standard Glass, that have cut flowers that strictly speaking are not Lancaster. All Jubilee is on Lancaster blanks and all but two pieces have 12 petals and open centers in the cutting. The sherbet and candy lid both have only 11 petals. (Personally I have a very hard time telling Jubilee from the other Lancaster or Standard floral cuttings.)
Incidentally “open center” means it’s clear glass, not cut or textured.
Lancaster made Jubilee in the early 1930s yellow and pink and possibly clear. I believe this crystal goblet is Jubilee, or else it’s one of the go-with designs.
You’ll find Jubilee listed as depression glass although the glass quality and finish work is superior to most of the mass-produced items from other makers, and of course, artisans had to cut the flowers by hand. To me it’s one of the patterns on the border between elegant and depression, lovely however you like to categorize!