Jeannette made complete sets of Floral in green and pink. Hazel Marie Weatherman mentioned Jeannette made cereal and canister sets in Jadeite green with the motif on the bottom, part of their kitchenware line. I’ve never seen any Floral pieces other than pink or green, and the pink is more common where we live in Michigan.
There are a very pieces in Delphite blue and even amber, red, black, crystal and white. Those colors may have been experimental as they are very rare.
This is the green pitcher. Love that footed cone shape!
Did you notice that even the foot on the pitcher has the design? Jeannette’s depression glass always had little details like that. The pieces were mass produced but the designs were exquisite and well done.
The relish trays have little tab handles with two big flowers in the bottom, one on either side of the divider.
Floral got the nickname “Poinsettia” even though the leaves look nothing like our popular Christmas plant. In fact, my 1970 edition of Colored Glassware of the Depression Era by Hazel Marie Weatherman calls Floral glass Passiflora, or passion flower. That’s certainly a better description but the “Poinsettia” name has stuck and isn’t going away.
This green bowl shows the subtle optic in the glass. I don’t have a green platter to show you, but it has the same optic. It adds an extra dimension to the glass.
Jeannette made Floral from 1931 to about 1934, with a few pieces of kitchenware produced in 1935. Floral is a mold etched pattern. The metal molds were carefully designed and then the pattern was etched into the mold itself. This allowed the company to produce in mass by pressing the colored glass, rather than the labor intensive acid-etched process.
Whether you are looking for a piece or two of vintage glass or a gorgeous set of depression glass dinnerware, consider Floral from Jeannette Glass. We have a few pieces of pink in our store now where shopping with us is like antiquing with your best friend.