Pink Saturday – Pretty as a Princess – Depression Glass

It’s Friday, beautiful Friday. I hope you plan a fun weekend. Let’s start the fun with some pink depression glass, this time let’s see Princess from Hocking Glass.

Princess is one of those patterns that you either love or detest.  Let’s see what the votes are for “love”:

• It’s pretty.  Princess has mold etched swags and scrolls with a center medallion.  Quite a nice design and different from any other pattern.
• It’s pink.  You can get green too, plus a pretty light topaz yellow and a slightly warmer apricot color.  But it’s Pink Saturday so let’s see pink, OK?
• The shapes are neat.  Pieces are square with the corners sliced off, so strictly speaking they are octagonal.  The angles plus the scrolls is a touch of Art Deco styling.
• It’s is reasonably available.  You won’t go nuts trying to find enough pieces to have lunch.
• And it is reasonably priced.  Like most patterns the bowls and tumblers are the most expensive place setting pieces.  We have this bowl in our store for just under $40 with free US shipping.
• Most important of all, Princess depression glass is memories.  People before you used this and with luck, people after you will enjoy it too.

That sounds good, doesn’t it?  But let’s be fair.  Why might you not like this?

• The shapes are a bit different.  If you prefer round pieces to square then Princess is not for you.
• It is depression glass.  That means there are the occasional little bobbles or bubbles.
• The inner rims can get tiny nicks if you don’t store the glass carefully.  This is true of all patterns and Princess is not particularly damage prone.

Can you see where my vote landed?  Squarely in the YES! column.

I hope you like Princess too.  Please leave me a comment and let us know.  If you decide this is a pattern for you please visit my store Catladykate’s Vintage Elegant Depression Glass.  Shopping with us is like antiquing with your best friend.

Thanks for visiting our Pink Saturday pink depression glass post this week, and as always a big thank you to Beverly of How Sweet the Sound for organizing this fun event. Please be sure to visit the other bloggers to see how pink we can be.