Depression Glass Colors

Depression glass was manufactured in various colors.

Depression glass colors. Often found in green followed by pink and crystal clear. It also made a few opaque colors notably royal blue amethyst and black. Depression glass was also made in amber iridescent opaque white known as monax and several other colors as well. Even the pattern names alluded to better times and a longing for the glamorous lifestyles of the 1920s.

Colors like jadeite opaque pale green white milk glass ultra marine red royal and ruby yellow canary delphite opaque pale blue black and amethyst monax also exist. Depression glass goes far beyond the transparent pink green and amber that are found frequently. Though clear pink and green have long been popular colors other colors included amber blue amethyst ruby red and black. 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.

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. Yellow and amber patterns were the popular choice for the. During the thirty years of production over 100 patterns of depression glass were manufactured. 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.

Swirlwindsor adam cherry blossom cube doric doric and pansy floral hex optic homespun iris sierra sunburst sunflower swirl windsor. Some of the most popular patterns buyers seek today are cameo mayfair american sweetheart princess and royal lace. Depression glass characteristics color. Continue to 21 of 21 below.

It was also made in an amethyst colored glass as well as semi opaque glass called plantonite in a variety of colors. Satin glass was a mainstay for tiffin and canary two shades of green blue pink crystal amberina and black were satin colors. The monderntone cream soup bowl was made by hazel atlas glass company in the later depression era years between 1934 and 1942. Most valuable color is cobalt blue.

Glassware facts not all depression glass is colored. Many companies offered clear uncolored patterns usually referred to as crystal though they were not crystal per se. Some are crystal clear colored glass like pink pale blue green and amber. Pina attributes some marbled opaque pieces to tiffin but little additional information is available.