Mount Vernon is a sparkling pressed pattern with a design of prisms on the side and a waffle bottom that you can find in crystal and possibly colors. The pieces have nice graceful curvy shapes that look great with the geometric design. Combining shapes like this was on trend back in the Art Deco era and into the 1930s.
Some pieces have intaglio bottoms with fruit designs instead of the typical waffle.
Mount Vernon Crystal Intaglio Base 9 in Lily Bowl
Imperial Glass made Mount Vernon in the late 1920s and 1930s, then reissued pieces into the 1970s. This appears to be more of an accessory / decorative piece pattern than dinnerware. Imperial made cups and saucers, bread and butter and luncheon plates but no dinner plate.
Take a close look at the handles as on the Mount Vernon sugar bowl. All the Mount Vernon handles extend up past the connection point, giving pieces stylish good looks.
Mount Vernon Crystal Sugar Bowl
Mount Vernon has similar pieces as we saw with Little Jewel: Pickle dishes, pitchers, creamers and sugars, torte plates and lily bowls. Based on this assortment I suspect Imperial marketed Mount Vernon as decorative glass that a family could use one or several pieces, not as a separate, distinct dish set.
The only pieces we have had are the sugar bowl and the lily bowl shown with an intaglio bottom, but I’ve seen pieces in antique malls. Mount Vernon doesn’t seem as common as some patterns but you should be able to get pieces if you choose.
Tiffin made a similar pattern that you can distinguish by the base. Tiffin’s Williamsburg pattern has a star design in the bottom instead of the waffle or intaglio that Imperial used.
I don’t care for many of the heavy pressed patterns but I do like Mount Vernon. Like Little Jewel it is appealing with interesting shapes and reasonably nice glass; it’s a good choice if you want a bit of sparkle!