I found two pieces of Imperial Lindburgh in a box lot my second year selling glass. I thought it might be Ribbon depression glass from Hazel Atlas but it didn’t look quite right so it went back in the box until I stumbled across the pattern in Hazel Marie Weatherman’s Colored Glass of the Depression Era.
Lindburgh Crystal Low Bowl
Lindburgh has Art Deco design with simple curved shapes and lines. Imperial made accessory pieces – pretty bowls, serving plates, creamer, sugar, pickle dish – but not dinnerware. It’s attractive and it’s easy to see why people would be drawn to it. Today people enjoy its good looks even without the name recognition of some other patterns. My two pieces sold immediately and went to happy buyers.
Lindburgh Crystal Tall Bowl
Imperial made Lindburgh in the late 1920s and early 1930s in crystal, rose pink and green. I’ve seen crystal in antique malls, never the colored glass. With these obscure patterns it’s hard to say whether the prevalence of one color over another means it is more available or simply that dealers were more likely to put it out.
Imperial used the line number 719 for Lindburgh and Hazel Marie Weatherman apparently added the name Lindburgh. The Imperial Glass Encyclopedia uses only the line number but Replacements uses the name.
You may spot Lindburgh in antique shops or estate sales and you won’t have any problem identifying it. Imperial Number 719 is similar to Ribbon from Hazel Atlas but the pieces have curved rims while Ribbon rims are smooth plus the piece assortment is altogether different. Ribbon was the typical depression dinnerware pattern with a few accessory pieces and stockier shapes.