Mayfair Squared – Two More Depression Era Glass Patterns

Last post we showed Federal Columbia and Indiana Lorain depression glass, two patterns with square (or square-ish) shapes.  You can read that post here:  Depression Glass Squared – Two Patterns with Square Shapes

Let’s look at a couple more square designs, both called Mayfair, from Fostoria and Hocking Glass.

Fostoria Mayfair

Fostoria Mayfair is elegant glass.  The pieces are quality crystal and are finished well; plates have ground rim bases and the seams were fire polished.  This lunch plate shows the square shape and bold ebony color – and dust – of the untrimmed, plain Mayfair blank.

Fostoria made Mayfair in blue, green, topaz yellow, amber, wisteria (pinkish purple), crystal, ebony black, plus some pieces in burgundy, ruby and deep empire green. Fostoria apparently sold quite a bit of the unadorned Mayfair – the colors and style were right on trend – because you can find the plain blanks and they did not put many etched patterns on Mayfair.

The only etches I know of are New Garland, Minuet and Manor with some pieces of Fern and Wildflower. To my eyes the etched designs don’t add much to this dramatic pattern.

Hocking Mayfair Open Rose

Hocking’s Mayfair is depression glass, meaning mass produced and of lesser quality glass and often with flaws like bubbles or little crevices straw marks.

Not every piece is square. This platter is oval, nothing square about it.

Cups are square, but similar to the Lorain ones we showed, curve enough to be usable and comfortable drink from.

Creamers also are vaguely square-ish, although your eye tends to see them as round.

Hocking’s Mayfair is so very different from Fostoria’s, yet they share the same name and both are square – or square-ish – vintage glass patterns