Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns: Part VII
Part VII:
Welcome to TheVintageVixenShop's blog series, "Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns"! Last week, in Part VI, we looked at patterns by Dugan-Diamond Glass Company, Northwood Glass Company, Westmoreland Glass, and Colony Glass. We're at Part VII this week and will look at patterns by Jefferson Glass, Lancaster Glass, L. G. Wright Glass, and Smith Glass.
Jefferson Glass
Jefferson Glass Company started in Steubenville, Ohio in 1900 by Dohrman J. Sinclair and their specialty was in opalescent glass. In 1908, the company relocated to West Virginia and sold many of their molds to the Northwood Glass Company. Jefferson Glass was nationally successful and even had warehouses in London and Germany to accommodate European trade. Unfortunately, Jefferson Glass went bankrupt in 1933, during the Great Depression. Before that time however they produced several great patterns including "Tokyo", "Iris with Meander", "Swag with Brackets", and "Beaded Fleur de Lis". "Tokyo" was available in green opalescent, blue opalescent, white opalescent, and Tokyo Gold and began its production at Jefferson Glass in 1907. "Iris with Meander" was introduced in 1902 and was available in opalescent yellow, blue, green, and white. "Swag with Brackets" was available in amethyst, Vaseline opalescent, blue opalescent, green opalescent, and white opalescent beginning in 1904. "Beaded Fleur de Lis" was available in blue opalescent in 1905.
Lancaster Glass Company
The Lancaster Glass Company was founded in 1908 by Lucien Martin (formerly employed at Fostoria Glass), in Lancaster, Ohio. Lancaster mostly produced depression glass and was considered to be a innovator in using color, until the Hocking Glass Company acquired Lancaster in 1924. Patterns including "Jubilee", "Patrick", and "Open Work" were produced after Hocking owned Lancaster but were still using the old name until 1937. Many are still being collected today. "Jubilee" and "Patrick" were both only produced in pink and yellow beginning in 1930. "Open Work" was also introduced in 1930, but in many more colors such as green (with or without floral decoration), pink (with or without floral decoration), clear, black, topaz and pink cut. Many colored glassware pieces by Lancaster could also be found in satin finishes. A yellow "Patrick" 8-oz footed tumbler by Lancaster could fetch as much as $80!
L. G. Wright Glass Co.
L.G, Wright Glass Co. was founded by Si Wright in 1937 in New Martinsville, Va. Most of the patterns by L.G. Wright Glass were actually produced by other glass companies including Fostoria, Fenton, New Martinsville, Morgantown, and Paden City. Most pieces produced by L.G. Wright were not marked and those that were bore either a honeybee or a circled W. Popular patterns included "Moon and Stars", "Daisy and Button", and "Cranberry Thumbprint". "Moon and Stars" was first made in 1934 and would eventually become available in colors such as Ruby, clear, amber, pink, amberina, light blue, green, blue, amethyst, Vaseline opalescent, milk glass, and Vaseline satin. "Daisy and Button" was sold in amber, clear, green, amberina, blue, pink, Ruby, Vaseline opalescent, amethyst, dark blue, light green, milk glass, ruby flash, and ruby flash with gold. "Cranberry Thumbprint" was produced from 1945-1975.
Smith Glass
Smith Glass Company was founded in 1907 by Lew Smith in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. Their factory in Mount Pleasant produced many of the early patterns they are still known for today including "Moon and Stars", "Hobnail", and "Mt. Pleasant". "Moon and Stars" was produced beginning in 1940 in colors like, green, blue, amber, amberina, red, clear, milk glass, brown, cobalt blue, light blue, pink, amethyst, light green, topaz, dark blue, kimberlite, blue opalescent, dark green, white carnival, and clear frosted. "Hobnail" was being produced in the 1960s in milk glass, clear, pink, amber, ice blue, cobalt blue, lime green, yellow, colonial blue, lavender, and amberina. "Mt. Pleasant" was introduced in 1925 in black amethyst, cobalt blue, amethyst, pink, green, and clear. Today an open-handled cake plate in cobalt blue sells for about $40.
I hope you have enjoyed this week's installment of Popular Vintage Glassware Patterns and will come back next week for Part VIII, our final installment of this blog series. I will definitely check it out. Thanks! If you haven't read it yet, check out last week's post, Part VI, on Dugan-Diamond Glass Company, Northwood Glass Company, Westmoreland Glass, and Colony Glass.
Until next time, Happy Hunting!
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