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Old English Depression Glass from Indiana

August 8, 2023 by Kathy Leave a Comment

Old English dates to 1925 to 1930, a very early pattern of mass-produced glassware. Indiana made it in green, crystal, some pink and their lovely shade of rich amber. I do not believe they reissued Old English in later years.

Old English Amber Candle Holder
Old English Amber Candle Holder

This pattern has loving details that make it exceptional, such as the trifoil shape finials as shown in the green lid and neat handles.

Old English Green Lid
Old English Green Lid

Notice the interesting shape of the handles that go well with the trifoil finials and rich color on this 2-handled footed bowl.

Old English Amber 2-Handled Footed Bowl
Old English Amber 2-Handled Comport

The piece list suggests Indiana viewed Old English for drinks, decorative items, and fancy serving items. There are no cups, saucers nor place setting plates. There are vases, two styles of candy jars, pretty bowls, candle holders, several comports, creamer and sugar, sandwich servers. One interesting piece is an plate with a round vertical handle, meant either as a snack plate that once could hold at a party, or a small serving plate.

The pitchers and candy jars have the same sort of lids as the green one shown above. Notice that the lid does not have a flange that sets into the bottom piece, it simply rests on the base. That means one must hold onto it if it’s on a pitcher!

We found very few pieces in mid-Michigan. I got the amber candle holder and comport above at a flea market and I think the green pieces from an estate sale. Every time I saw Old English I bought it and we shopped for glass regularly for 20 years!

Old English Green Handled Compote
Old English Green Handled Compote

Even eBay (August 2023) had very few Old English pieces offered. It simply is not a plentiful pattern which is a shame. The shapes and colors are very attractive and the candy jars, comports or candle holders would be fun and easy to use.

There are pink pieces on eBay and elsewhere that have narrow horizontal ribs, but I am not convinced they are Old English because the ribs are rounded and significantly wider than the ones shown here. The original collectors’ name for Old English is “Threading” and that accurately describes how fine the ribs are. One of the pink pieces is a footed candy jar with lid; the finial on the lid is not the trifoil shape. I am not in any way an expert on this pattern (or any other), much as I like it, so don’t take my concerns as final, do your own research and decide whether pieces like these are Old English.

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