LE Smith made the very simple pattern Pebbled Rim, or Line #707 in the early 1930s in pink, green and maybe amber glass. This is a dinnerware pattern with basic pieces for place setting and serving … [Read more...]
Gorgeous Colors of Mayfair Open Rose Depression Glass from Hocking
If you shop antique malls or estate sales you'll certainly come across pink Mayfair depression glass from Hocking. Since Hocking made this pattern for over 6 years, it was popular in the 1930s and it … [Read more...]
Pink Waterford Waffle Depression Glass
Hocking used their lovely, clear pink glass to make their Waterford glass in the waning years of the depression. You can see from my photo that the groves and raised diamonds catch the light and … [Read more...]
Jubilee – Pretty Cut Depression Glass by Lancaster
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 … [Read more...]
Holiday – 1940s-50s Depression-Styled Glass from Jeannette
Holiday looks like it is depression glass, especially in pink. The pattern has interesting little nubbins and the piece shapes look like they should be from the 1930s, round butter dishes, footed … [Read more...]
Queen Mary Depression Glass – Crystal or Pink
Hocking Glass made Queen Mary beginning in 1936 and continuing through WW2 to 1949; the heavier style with geometric design is typical of the late depression patterns and prescut designs Hocking made … [Read more...]
Petalware Depression Glass – Pink, White and Flowers!
Petalware is very pretty, unassuming depression glass pattern from MacBeth Evans. You can find lovely ethereal looking Monax white, warm off-white Ivrene, transparent pink, crystal and Monax with … [Read more...]
Depression Era Glass Sherbet Plates
Last post we talked about sherbets, those lovely pieces of glass, usually stemmed, that people often mistake for saucer champagnes. If you use a sherbet with a stem then you need somewhere to put … [Read more...]
Fortune and Old Café Depression Glass Tumblers
Fortune depression glass pattern from Hocking Glass, includes both juice and water tumblers mostly in pink and some crystal. The pattern motif is a fairly sharp, narrow vertical rib between two … [Read more...]
Depression Glass Coasters
This morning we lost my last Waterford Waffle depression glass coaster. Reconstructing the crime we suspect Sophie jumped on the table to avoid George, skidded across and knocked my coaster over. … [Read more...]