Royal Lace (1934–1941)
The most sought after pattern of Depression glass is arguably Royal Lace, which was made by the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company. This pattern was manufactured in green, pink, crystal, and most notably, cobalt blue.
How do you identify Depression glass patterns?
The glass is made with bold and bright colors, and it has a range of intricate patterns. Identifying depression glass involves looking for the defining characteristics. To distinguish depression glass from reproduction pieces, look for small bubbles in the glassware, or lines on the base of each piece.
What are the different types of Depression glass?
The most popular colors for Depression Glass are light-to-medium green, pink, amber and clear. Other colors include pale blue, ruby red, deep cobalt, canary yellow, ultramarine, jadeite, amethyst, black, jadeite (opaque pale green), delphite (opaque pale blue), monax (translucent white), and white (milk glass).
How do I identify my glassware patterns?
Identifying an Antique Glassware Pattern
If you can find the manufacturer of your glassware from the markings, you can usually figure out the pattern. Look at the pattern closely and note any special details. You may even want to take a rubbing of it with a crayon and a thin piece of paper.
Is depression glass worth anything?
Produced by Hocking Glass Company around 1929 to 1933, this green glass cup is a common find. The value has generally held steady around $5 for a single cup for a few decades.
What is the difference between carnival glass and depression glass?
Both carnival and depression glass are colored. However, carnival glass features an iridescent, multicolored look, whereas depression glass has more of a simple, single-colored, transparent look. Carnival glass was made to inexpensively mimic glass made by the Tiffany Company.
What is the rarest color of depression glass?
Pink glass is most valuable, followed by blue and green. Rare colors such as tangerine and lavender are also worth more than common colors like yellow and amber.
Why is depression glass colored?
The great majority of the green Depression-era glass contains very small quantities of uranium, which causes the glass to glow a fluorescent green under an ultraviolet light (blacklight).
Is depression glass the same as uranium glass?
Much, but not all, depression glass is uranium or Vaseline glass. The different types of glass can get kind of confusing, so let’s break it down: We know depression glass. Vaseline glass is yellow-colored depression glass.
Is there black Depression glass?
Other colors included cobalt blue, amethyst, and red. Because these are less common, they are now more highly prized among collectors. Depression glass is usually translucent, but there are also opaque collections in black and milk-white which are also highly sought after.
Is there red Depression glass?
The companies who made Depression Glass included Anchor-Hocking, Jeanette, Federal, and Hazel Atlas, and the most common colours were amber, blue, black, crystal, green, pink, red, yellow and white.
Is there blue Depression glass?
Most cobalt blue Depression glass pieces aren’t found for a dime a dozen anymore. This includes the popular Depression patterns mentioned above, as well as lesser-known patterns such as Aurora. Cobalt blue kitchenware, made by both Hocking Glass Co. and Hazel Atlas, has long been popular with collectors.
Is there an app for identifying vintage glassware?
Reserve your spot here! A startup called Image Searcher has created a version of its CamFind image recognition app that works with Google’s Glass wearable device. That means a Glass wearer can look at something and CamFind will identify it within a matter of seconds.
What glass is worth money?
Look for pink, blue and green glassware
Pink tends to be the most valuable because it is more rare. Yellow and amber colored depression glass is more common and therefore less valuable.
What is Hazel Atlas Depression glass?
Hazel Atlas produced huge quantities of Depression glass tableware in the 1920s, 1930s and ’40s, most commonly in the typical “Depression era” transparent glass colors of light green, clear (“crystal”), pink and yellow (actually a light yellow leaning toward yellow-amber).
Does all depression glass glow?
Both green Depression glass and Vaseline glass will glow under a black light due to the uranium oxide content in the glass. Old Burmese glass fluoresces a similar yellow-green color. American colorless pressed glass made before 1930 is said to fluoresce yellow, while reproductions generally do not.
Can you put Depression glass in the dishwasher?
Do not clean Depression glass in a dishwasher. Wash in warm water by hand with a soft cloth. If you love your old glassware, use it!
Is all green Depression glass uranium?
Perhaps the most reliable way to identify the presence of uranium in the glass is to expose it in the dark to a source of ultraviolet light (e.g., a black light). If the glass glows a rich green color, it contains uranium.
