Depression Glass Colors
Many companies offered clear uncolored patterns usually referred to as crystal though they were not crystal per se.
Depression glass colors. Some are crystal clear colored glass like pink pale blue green and amber. Satin glass was a mainstay for tiffin and canary two shades of green blue pink crystal amberina and black were satin colors. Depression glass was produced in virtually every color. It was also made in an amethyst colored glass as well as semi opaque glass called plantonite in a variety of colors.
Continue to 21 of 21 below. Glassware facts not all depression glass is colored. Swirlwindsor adam cherry blossom cube doric doric and pansy floral hex optic homespun iris sierra sunburst sunflower swirl windsor. Depression glass characteristics color.
Though clear pink and green have long been popular colors other colors included amber blue amethyst ruby red and black. Cookie jar juice and water tumblers have been reproduced in a very dark cobalt blue according to collector s encyclopedia of depression glass by gene florence. It s also distinctive for its coloring with pink pale blue green and amber being more common and yellow jadeite ultra marine and delphite more rare. Depression glass was manufactured in various colors.
Yellow and amber patterns were the popular choice for the. Most valuable color is cobalt blue. Cobalt blue glass pieces like this are common but the value has gone up. The monderntone cream soup bowl was made by hazel atlas glass company in the later depression era years between 1934 and 1942.
Even the pattern names alluded to better times and a longing for the glamorous lifestyles of the 1920s. Pina attributes some marbled opaque pieces to tiffin but little additional information is available. From opaque blue dephite to pure white platonite find out more about a number of types of colorful glassware used in vintage kitchenware beginning in the 1920s and continuing through the 1940s. Often found in green followed by pink and crystal clear.
Depression glass goes far beyond the transparent pink green and amber that are found frequently. During the thirty years of production over 100 patterns of depression glass were manufactured. Depression glass might not be the finest quality you can find but its historical importance has put it in high demand among collectors. Some of the most popular patterns buyers seek today are cameo mayfair american sweetheart princess and royal lace.