Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns: Part II
Last week, we covered a few popular patterns from the vintage glass houses of Anchor Hocking Glass Company, Jeannette Glass, Hazel-Atlas, and Fostoria. This week we will discuss a few patterns from Indiana Glass Company, Cambridge Glass, Imperial Glass-Ohio, and the Federal Glass Company.
Cambridge Glass is a bit different from the others since the glassware produced by their company was considered to be elegant glassware. Cambridge Glass was formed in 1873 and was able to keep their doors open until the 1950s. Some more popular patterns created by Cambridge Glass were "Rose Point", "Lucia", and "Mt. Vernon". "Rose Point" was a beautiful etched glass which was available in clear, clear with gold trim, or clear gold encrusted and was made from the 1930s-1960s. The stemware pieces can sell for an average of about $20-$40 each for the clear, but the clear with gold trim or gold encrusted can fetch $100-$200 each. "Lucia" is another gorgeous etched pattern featuring a floral motif. It was produced from 1940-1956 and was only available in clear. "Mt. Vernon" is a pressed glass style with a diamond design. It was made in clear, ruby, amber, milk glass, emerald green, heatherbloom, forest green, violet, and cobalt blue, from 1931-1958. Clear pieces are plentiful, but the other colors are a little more difficult to find.
Imperial Glass-Ohio has many, many different patterns you could start collecting including, "Candlewick", "Old Williamsburg", and "Provincial". "Candlewick" was made from 1941-1979 and was available in clear, and then in 1977, Cambridge added more colors including, red, blue, green, yellow,and brown. If you are lucky enough to find any "Candlewick" glassware in the 1943-1945 gold encrusted or 1937-1939 Viennesse blue, you can sell it for a nice price as they are rare. Another popular pattern by Cambridge Glass was "Old Williamsburg", which was produced from 1959-1982 and could be found in clear, verde green, brown, deep blue ultra, yellow, amber, antique blue, light pink, ruby, light blue, peach, emerald green, dark azalea pink, and amethyst. Some pieces of this pattern that aren't too difficult to find, but still hold a good value are the flat iced tea tumblers and the pitchers. The more valuable colors are ruby and dark blue. "Provincial" was produced from 1959-1975 and was available in clear, green, amber, amethyst, dark blue, brown, medium ruby, dark ruby, yellow, Stiegal green, cobalt blue, and pink. Amethyst, dark ruby, and cobalt blue are the most popular colors for this pattern.
Indiana Glass Company manufactured many popular patterns including, "Diamond Point", "Sandwich", "Avocado", and "Lily Pons". "Diamond Point" was produced from 1965-1990 and can be found in clear, ruby flash, amber, pink, regal blue, dark green, light green, ice blue, milk glass, amber with gold trim, blue frosted, yellow flash, green frosted, iridescent, silver, and clear frosted. Many colors and pieces of this pattern can easily be found in the thrift stores, flea markets, or yard sales. "Sandwich" glass was made in clear, light green, amber, red, crystal ice, pink, teal blue, milk white, colony blue, and yellow flash from 1925-1985. "Sandwich" Glass was also produced by other glass companies so, accurate measurements will be important to determine which company produced your specific piece. "Avocado" was made from 1923-1933 and was produced in green, pink, clear, white, and dark green. "Avocado" is a highly coveted pattern of depression glass and many pieces of the pink and green can fetch surprising prices. Replacements, Ltd. lists a single, 5.25" pink footed tumbler in the "Avocado" pattern for a shocking price of $279.95! "Lily Pons" was produced by Indiana Glass from 1930 until the 1970s and can be found in a variety of colors such as clear, amber carnival glass, milk-glass, amber, avocado green, ruby, light green, and teal. Not all pieces were produced in every color, so some are more rare than others, but most pieces are only of moderate value.
Federal Glass Company were the manufacturers of several very popular and desirable patterns like, "Madrid", "Sharon", and "Patrician". "Patrician", made from 1933-1937, is available in amber, green, pink, and clear. Some pieces to look for in this pattern are the cereal bowls and the 14 oz. footed tumblers. "Sharon" was produced in pink, amber, green, and clear from 1935-1939. "Madrid" was made from 1932-1939 and can be found in amber, green, clear, and iridescent, with iridescent being the most rare color to own. Values are heavily influenced by color, however, some pieces to watch for are the cake plates, hot plates, pitchers, footed tumblers, and the flat iced tea glasses.
I hope you enjoyed this post, Part II Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns, and if you haven't already, make sure to check out Part I now! And come back next week for Part III. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to leave a comment if you are a collector of these or any other patterns of vintage glassware!
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