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Normandie Pink and Amber Depression Glass – Collecting Fun!

August 22, 2016 by Kathy 1 Comment

I’ve a soft spot for Normandie because the very first piece of depression glass I ever bought was an amber Normandie dinner plate.  I had to go to the library for a book to identify it and had a hard time deciding whether it was green or amber!  That was in 1999 and we’ve had a few nice pieces since then flow through our shop.

Federal Glass made Normandie from 1933 to 1940 in amber and pink, plus some iridescent dark orange called Sunburst and a little crystal. We’ll focus on the pink in this series since we’re looking at pink depression glass with zero pieces reproduced and talk about the amber too.

Remember our Collecting Fun Quotient?  Patterns that score high are beautiful, have lots of fun pieces, have a good balance of findability with some pieces easy to get and others more difficult, and reasonably durable.  Let’s look at Normandie.

Normandie Pink Depression Glass Cup
Normandie Pink Depression Glass Cup

Normandie is pretty, no quibbles there! The design features a bouquet of daisies between lattice work trellises.  The piece shapes are nice too, well balanced, not at all ungainly.

Unlike Madrid the Normandie creamer, sugar, cup and sherbets have smooth rims and don’t have the vertical ribs that end in V-shaped points.

Normandie Amber Creamer
Normandie Amber Creamer

The sherbet is shaped much like the Patrician sherbet, a bit square looking.

Normandie Pink Depression Glass Sherbet
Normandie Pink Depression Glass Sherbet

Plates and bowls have scalloped edges that go beautifully with the floral design.

The colors are nice.  I’m not crazy about the Sunburst iridescent dark orange because it’s hard to see the design.  Federal’s pink is a soft candy pink, not at all strident.  It’s hard to photograph though!

Normandie Pink Depression Glass Saucer
Normandie Pink Depression Glass Saucer

Federal originally called their amber color “Golden-Glo” and that’s a good description.  Their amber is a dark yellow, honey colored, no cinnamon or hint of orange.  One of the dealers at the glass show last month said she likes to add a couple pieces of amber to other colors; shes felt the amber made the other colors pop.  I’ve not tried mixing amber with other colors but topaz yellow blends beautifully so amber probably would too.

Normandie Amber Cereal Bowl
Normandie Amber Cereal Bowl

Early collectors called Normandie “Bouquet and Lattice” before researchers learned the correct name.  It’s a very good description!  I hope you’ll agree that Normandie is a beautiful pattern.  Let’s give it a 9 for Beautiful.

Next up we’ll look at the different pieces you can find in Normandie.

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Filed Under: Normandie Tagged With: Amber Depression Glass, Buying Glass, Collecting Depression Glass, Depression Glass, Federal Glass, Pink Depression Glass

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Recommended Glass Reference Books

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Favorite Depression Glass Book 

Collector’s Encyclopedia of Depression Glass by Gene and Cathy Florence, 2007 edition 

Collector’s Encyclopedia of Depression Glass by Gene and Cathy Florence, 2010 edition

Favorite Elegant Glass Books

Elegant Glass: Early, Depression, & Beyond, Revised & Expanded 4th Edition Hardcover – July 28, 2013 by Debbie and Randy Coe

Collector’s Encyclopedia of Depression Glass, 19th Edition Hardcover – Illustrated, July 10, 2009 by Gene and Cathy Florence

Best for 1940s-1970s

Collectible Glassware From the 40s, 50s, 60s: An Illustrated Value Guide, 10th Edition – Illustrated, July 14, 2009 by Gene and Cathy Florence

Favorite Fostoria Books

Best Overall:  Fostoria: Its First Fifty Years Hardcover – January 1, 1972 by Hazel Marie Weatherman 

Best for Stemware:  Fostoria Stemware: The Crystal for America – January 1, 1994
by Milbra Long and Emily Seate

Best for Fostoria Tableware pre 1943:  Fostoria Tableware: 1924-1943 – January 1, 1999 by Milbra Long and Emily Seate

Best for Fostoria Tableware After 1943:  Fostoria Tableware: 1924-1943 – January 1, 1999 by Milbra Long and Emile Seate

 

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