Soreno and Milano – Antiquing with 1960s Glass from Anchor Hocking

Last week I went antiquing with my favorite glass buddy and we saw several displays of Soreno, the glass we covered last post.

Anchor Hocking made Soreno in all the usual 1960s colors – avocado green, harvest gold, iridescent Aurora, light teal and clear – and in all sorts of pieces, everything from a small dinnerware set to a cigar humidor, chip and dip sets and vases.  Soreno has rustic-looking meandering horizontal ribs with a smooth edge band.  We saw several cups, ashtrays, tumblers and bowls in both green and light teal, nothing in Aurora or gold.

These cups were sold in a Grand Rapids antique store as a set with a Milano green pitcher, also from Anchor Hocking.

Here is the pitcher showing the tag.  Neither the pitcher nor the cups are from the depression era.  (Figure any avocado green glass you find is not from the 1930s!)

Milano is nubbly bumpy, more similar to Seneca’s Driftwood or Morgantown’s Crinkle than to Soreno.  As far as I know Milano is strictly a drinkware pattern; Anchor Hocking made scads of tumblers and this round pitcher with an ice lip.  I’ve seen pitchers and a few tumblers in avocado green and gold; be aware they made some at least some in light aqua, blue, clear, darker shade of honey gold, amethyst and a forest green.

 

I like gold Milano.  It has a warm summer look that works well for ice tea or lemonade.

Anchor Hocking made many patterns with horizontal ribs, from the depression-era Manhattan, Banded Rings and Circle, to the later Park Avenue and Soreno.  If you enjoy patterns like Soreno – which is enjoying a resurgence of popularity along with other mid-century items – then learn what it looks like and enjoy!