Thank you for letting me share our blue depression glass table with you.  Thank you to Susan from Between Naps on the Porch and friends for this fun Tablescape Thursday.

Moderntone Cobalt Blue Depression Glass Table for Two

Today we’re having lunch for two and enjoying the first daffodils of the year.  Don’t the flowers add a touch of spring?  Daffodils are my favorite but they won’t bloom outdoors here until April.

Dave Eickholt Crystalline Glaze Green & Blue Vases

It’s sunny outside – blue skies and a warm breeze (warmish anyway) – so let’s celebrate a good day for blue.  We have blue glass plates, sherbets, cups and saucers and a deep blue crystalline glaze vase from artist Dave Eickholt.  The cheerful yellow flowers look great in Dave’s green art vase.

Moderntone Blue Depression Glass Setting

Moderntone is depression glass. Hazel Atlas made this from 1934 to 1942 in cobalt blue and some amethyst purple and that’s the color people collect the most. They knew they had a good thing going and re-issued this pattern in the early 1950s in a white glass they called Platonite that had overlays of bright colors. I like the transparent blue the best. Doesn’t it look good on the white hand-crocheted doily tablecloth?

Moderntone Depression Glass Table

I try to keep Moderntone in stock in our store Vintage Elegant Depression Glass by Catladykate and at the moment we have the pieces shown in the photo.  Here is a close up of the sherbet so you can see it better.

Moderntone Cobalt Blue Depression Glass Sherbet

Can you see the art deco influence here with the round and square shapes mixed?

Moderntone Cobalt Blue Depression Glass Sugar

I love flowers so when I saw the daffodils grocery shopping it was easy to pick a bunch.  The yellow is pretty bright with the cobalt blue,  I think next time we decide to show off blue I’ll get pink flowers or pick soft apricot colored pansies.

The smaller vase is a great combination of cooler navy colors in a crystalline glaze, also by noted artist Dave Eickholt.   It’s fun to mix these art pieces with my depression glass – quite a contrast that works.  The dark blue vase helps tone down the bright flowers and you can see how well it melds with the green vase and the cobalt glass.

Dave Eickholt Blue Crystalline Glaze Vase

Thanks for visiting.

Buying Guide: Moderntone cobalt blue depression glass is available at Catladykate – it’s like antiquing with  your best friend.

Crystalline glazed pottery is available at Dave Eickholt’s shop.

Aurora Cobalt Blue Depression Glass Creamer

Now that’s BLUE.  You’re looking at a blue depression glass creamer in the Aurora pattern from Hazel Atlas.  This is one of the few patterns that made in this vibrant cobalt blue during the depression years of the 1930s.  If you like cobalt blue transparent glass then look for patterns from Hazel Atlas including Moderntone, Royal Lace, New Century and Aurora.

Royal Lace is mold etched with lacy flowers; Moderntone has horizontal lines with art deco styling and both Aurora and New Century have vertical panels.  Aurora has horizontal bands on top the vertical panels and New Century has horizontal bands through the panels plus the shapes are different.

Of these Aurora is among the least expensive and Royal Lace is at the high end.  That makes Aurora a good choice for you who like blue glassware.

Hazel Atlas Florentine #1 Green Depression Glass Footed Creamer

Isn’t this  a nice design in green depression glass?  The pattern has intricate puffy flowers and swags that look like linked question marks.  Take a close look at the foot to see the small scallops around the edge.  This depression glass pattern is Florentine number 1 from Hazel Atlas, also called Poppy .

Poppy is one pattern you could plan to use for special occasions.  You can find it in green, pink, yellow and clear and personally I like the green and  yellow the best.  

Creamer and sugar sets are fun to collect from many patterns because they are often very pretty shapes, you can use them, they are small pieces that display nice.  Many people get started with depression glass patterns by getting a creamer or sugar like this one.