December 4th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
I’ve shown you a lot of pink lately. Pink Mayfair, pink Sharon, pink Princess. Let’s enjoy sunshine yellow for a change. This is the Princess topaz yellow cup from Hocking. Hocking produced two distinct shades of topaz, this yellow and a gold toned apricot color that is darker. Today, 80 years after, no one quite knows [...]
Category : Princess Depression Glass
April 18th, 2011 @ Kathy // No Comments
We’ve seen the lovely Princess in pink but this is the first post about green Princess. I bought a large set of Princess pink depression glass a couple years ago and have been able to show several pieces off in blog posts and tablescape for you. We have gotten our stock of green Princess one [...]
Category : Princess Depression Glass
August 23rd, 2010 @ Kathy // No Comments
Take a good look at these two cups. Both are Block Optic green depression glass from Hocking but see the difference in the handles? The one on the left is called a pointed handle cup and the one on the right is the plain handle. The differences are subtle and you may be happy with [...]
Category : Hocking Depression Glass
January 6th, 2010 @ Kathy // One Comment
Whew. Back to glass from a quick foray into china. I like glass and I bet you do too. This pattern is called Moonstone and it is a later version of Hocking Glass’ Hobnail pattern. Hocking made their Hobnail pattern during the depression (1934 to 1936) in pink, clear, clear with red trim and some [...]
Category : Hocking Depression Glass
November 14th, 2009 @ Kathy // No Comments
Hocking’s Pillar Optic is one of the patterns that you might be surprised to learn is depression glass. Hocking made it in green and pink from 1937 to 1942, and continued with either the same or very similar molds for clear tumblers for many years afterwards. You’ve probably seen the clear tumblers in restaurants. [...]
Category : Hocking Depression Glass
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