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My mother has always had a set of green Depression glass sherbert dishes, which I refer to as "puddings" because that's what is traditionally served in them in my household. In fact, to serve pudding in anything but the green Depression glass sherbert dishes would be sacrelige. When I moved out, I expressed a desire to own identical pieces; she gave me a set of four (exactly enough for one package of Jello instant chocolate pudding) for Christmas.
I have since been attempting to figure out what the name of the pattern is. They look like this:
They are very clearly marked as products of the Federal Glass company - they have an F in a shield on the bottom, which was Federal's mark and Federal's mark only. They are ubiquitous at antiques stores and on eBay, usually going for about $6 apiece (although they're cheaper up north, and Mom says she got my set for $15), but NOBODY KNOWS THE NAME OF THE GODDAMN PATTERN.
I've seen them called Panel, Panel Optic, Column Optic, Fluted Column, Uranium, Colonial Fluted, and more. Most of those patterns either cannot be proved to exist, or were made by Anchor Hocking instead of Federal, or do exist but other pieces of the same pattern do not match the puddings at all (as in the case of Colonial Fluted, whose panels are more convex, whose overall shape is more rounded than angular, and which has a rope-like trim around the top).
I've looked through books on Depression glass patterns and not found my puddings at all. Given how many of the damn things exist you'd think there'd be a pattern name SOMEWHERE. I'm getting annoyed.
I have since been attempting to figure out what the name of the pattern is. They look like this:
They are very clearly marked as products of the Federal Glass company - they have an F in a shield on the bottom, which was Federal's mark and Federal's mark only. They are ubiquitous at antiques stores and on eBay, usually going for about $6 apiece (although they're cheaper up north, and Mom says she got my set for $15), but NOBODY KNOWS THE NAME OF THE GODDAMN PATTERN.
I've seen them called Panel, Panel Optic, Column Optic, Fluted Column, Uranium, Colonial Fluted, and more. Most of those patterns either cannot be proved to exist, or were made by Anchor Hocking instead of Federal, or do exist but other pieces of the same pattern do not match the puddings at all (as in the case of Colonial Fluted, whose panels are more convex, whose overall shape is more rounded than angular, and which has a rope-like trim around the top).
I've looked through books on Depression glass patterns and not found my puddings at all. Given how many of the damn things exist you'd think there'd be a pattern name SOMEWHERE. I'm getting annoyed.
