Georgian Lovebirds Green Depression Glass Dinner Plate
We call Federal’s Georgian green depression glass “Lovebirds” because it has triangles with two birds around the rim that alternate with baskets. The rim has a geometric band and there’s a medallion in the center.
Now we come to this plate.
- Rim design: Check.
- Center medallion: Check
- Birds: Oops, no birds
Yet this is Georgian from Federal Glass. It isn’t a reproduction and it isn’t a fake. So what happened to the birds?
For some reason Federal Glass made two versions of the dinner plate, this one that has the center medallion and rim design, and one that has the birds and baskets. This dinner plate isn’t the only piece Federal did some change ups to fool us. The tumblers have the baskets but no birds. Some pieces are marked and some aren’t.
All these variations are true Georgian depression glass. It’s one of my favorites and I buy it whenever I can for our stores. Some pieces are hard to find, especially the tumblers, serving bowls, cereal bowls and dinner plates in good condition. The dinner plates without birds or baskets are less expensive and mix and match well, a good choice to extend your set. You can have birds flying around your cups and lunch plates, perching on your bread and butter plate , leave your dinner plates birdless and still set a pretty table.