During the 1930s the glassware we consider “depression glass” came in sets to use for meals, dinner sets, luncheon sets, and many patterns included accessory pieces like candle holders or candy dishes. After the depression era a lot of glass companies shifted to producing accessories, decorative items, drink ware, patterns with maybe a plate, a bowl, creamer and sugar sets but not full dinner service. Jeannette’s Anniversary pattern from the late 1940s is exception, a throw back to the full dinnerware lines of the 1930s.
Jeannette made Anniversary in crystal and pink from 1947 to 1949, than again in the mid 1960s-1970s in iridescent. They made a few pieces in opaque pink glass called Shell Pink. I’ve never seen any clear pink Anniversary, even after 20 years of admiring glass, and only a few pieces of Shell Pink.
Anniversary has deep grooves with pointy ridges that end in inset points like arrows. Rims are smooth and handles curve up with little round spots on the curved point.
You may find a dinner set, with two sizes of dinner plates, a soup bowl and a sauce dish/fruit bowl, cup and saucer, creamer and sugar, pickle dish, butter dish and serving bowl and large sandwich plate. This is a streamlined set for table use, with no oval platter or vegetable bowl and only one size of serving bowl.
Replacements shows a snack set, which I think is the regular 10 inch plate with a cup. I cannot see whether the plate has a cup ring. (If anyone reading this has one, please leave a comment.) Gene Florence doesn’t mention a snack set in his book Collectible Glassware from the 40s 50s 60s.
There are no tumblers nor pitcher, but Jeannette did make a small wine glass and sherbet. Be aware that wine glass in the 1940s meant a much smaller piece than we use today; the Anniversary wine only holds 2 1/2 ounces.
Some of the accessory pieces are fun. Look for a ruffled vase as well as a pin-up vase, meant originally for your car interior. There is a tall covered candy jar and two open comports/candy dishes.
The cake plate has a ridge around the outside to hold a metal cover in place. I’ve seen the plate but not with a cover, unfortunately. The metal covers are great helps to keep cake fresh.
I wanted to show the candle holder but couldn’t find a photo. The candlestick is a small bowl with a candle cup on the inside. Florence shows one in iridescent and I found a clear one on eBay.
From what I saw today on eBay, Replacements and Etsy, you can put together a set of iridescent quite easily. It looked like all the iridescent pieces were available except the pin up vase. Several sellers had interesting pieces of pink and crystal listed too and you could probably get a complete set. There are listings for plates with metal bases for cake stands.
This pattern was never costly. The sold listings showed the uncommon pieces were somewhat expensive and the more common ones, especially iridescent, were quite inexpensive. If you like Anniversary it would be an easy pattern to collect.