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Kitchen glassware of the Depression years / by Gene Florence.

Florence, Gene, 1944- (Author).

Summary:

This exciting seventh edition of our bestselling Kitchen Glassware of the Depression Years is undeniably the definitive reference on the subject. More than 5,000 items are showcased in beautiful professional color photographs with descriptions and values. The highly collectible glass from the Depression era through the 1960s fills its pages, in addition to the ever-popular Fire-King and Pyrex glassware. This comprehensive encyclopedia provides an easy-to-use format, showing items by color, shape, or pattern. The collector will enjoy the pages of glass, from colorful juice reamers, shakers, and rare and unusual glass knives, to the mixing bowls and baking dishes we still find in our kitchen cupboards.

Record details

ISBN: 0891454039
ISBN: 9780891454038
Physical Description: 224 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: Paducah, KY : Collector Books, [1990]
Copyright: ©1990

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Colors. Amber -- Amber & Black -- Blue Chalaine & Peacock -- Blue Cobalt -- Blue Delphite & Miscellaneous -- Clambroth White -- crystal -- Custard & Caramel -- Forest Green & Green Clambroth -- Green Jadite -- Green Transparent (Jeannette, Hazel Atlas, Federal, U.S. Glass, Tuflgas, Paden City, Sneath, Hocking, Fired-on Colors) -- Pink -- Red & Fired-on Colors -- White -- Yellow Opaque & Transparent.

Kitchen Items. Batter Jugs & Batter Bowls -- Butter, Cheese Dishes & Coffee Pots -- Cruets & Dispensers -- Funnels, Gravy Boats & Ice Buckets -- Knives & Ladles -- Measuring Cups -- Mechanical -- Mugs -- Napkin Holders -- Oil & Vinegar -- Reamers (Baby, Fenton, Fry, Foreign, Federal & Indiana, Hazel Atlas & Hocking, Fleur, Jeannette & Miscellaneous, Cambridge & McKee, Paden City, Westmoreland & U.S. Glass, Miscellaneous, Mechanical & Unusual) -- Refrigerator Containers -- Rolling Pins -- Salad Sets & Additional Ladles -- Salt boxes -- Shakers -- Straw Holders & Late Arrivals -- Sugar Shakers -- Syrup Pitchers -- Water Bottles.

Patterns and Companies. Crisscross -- Dots & Fire King -- Fry -- Jennyware & Pyrex -- Ships & Dutch -- Late Arrivals, Misc. & Reproductions -- Reproductions & Newly Made.