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Depression glass is clear or colored translucent glassware that was distributed free, or at low cost, in the United States and Canada around the time of the Great Depression. Depression glass is a subset of Uranium glass. The Quaker Oats Company, and other food manufacturers and distributors, put a piece of glassware in boxes of food, as an incentive to purchase. Movie theaters and businesses would hand out a piece simply for coming in the door. Most of this glassware was made in the Ohio River Valley of the United States, where access to raw materials and power made manufacturing inexpensive in the first half of the twentieth century. More than twenty manufacturers made more than 100 patterns, and entire dinner sets were made in some patterns. Common colors are clear (crystal), pink, pale blue, green, and amber. Less common colors include yellow (canary), ultramarine, jadeite (opaque pale green), delphite (opaque pale blue), cobalt blue, red (ruby & royal ruby), black, amethyst, monax, and white (milk glass). Although of marginal quality, Depression glass has been highly collectible since the 1960s. Due to its popularity as a collectible, Depression glass is becoming more scarce on the open market. Rare pieces may sell for several hundred dollars. Some manufacturers continued to make popular patterns after World War II, or introduced similar patterns, which are also collectible. Popular and expensive patterns and pieces have been reproduced, and reproductions are still being made. == Depression Glass Manufacturers and Patterns== *Anchor Hocking Glass Company * *Forest Green * *Manhattan * *Oyster and Pearl * *Queen Mary * *Royal Ruby * *Teardrop and Dot *Belmont Tumbler Company * *Bowknot * *Rose Cameo *Dell Glass Company * *Tulip *Diamond Glass-Ware Company * *Victory *Economy * *Round Robin *Federal Glass Company * *Colonial Fluted * *Columbia * *Diana * *Georgian * *Madrid * *Mayfair * *Normandie * *Optic Paneled * *Parrot * *Patrician * *Raindrops * *Rosemary * *Sharon * *Twisted Optic *Fry Glass *Hazel-Atlas Glass Company () * *Aurora * *Beehive * *Cloverleaf * *Colony * *Colonial Block * *Crisscross * *Florentine No.1 * *Florentine No.2 * *Fruits * *Moderntone * *New Century * *Newport * *Ovide * *Ribbon * *Roxana * *Royal Lace * *Ships * *Starlight * *Wagon Wheel *Hocking Glass Company * *Ballerina * *Block Optic * *Circle * *Colonial * *Coronation * *Fire-King dinnerware * * *Philbe * *Fortune * *Hobnail * *Lake Como * *Mayfair * *Miss America * *Old Cafe * *Old Colony * *Princess * *Ring * *Roulette * *Spiral * *Vitrock * *Waterford *Imperial Glass Company * *Beaded Block * *Diamond Quilted * *Laced Edge * *Little Jewel * *Molly * *Twisted Optic *Indiana Glass Company * *Avocado * *Cracked Ice * *Indiana Custard * *Lorain * *No.610, Pyramid * *No.612, Horseshoe * *No.616, Vernon * *No.618, Pineapple and Floral * *Old English * *Park Lane * *Sandwich * *Tea Room *Jeannette Glass Company * *Adam * *Cherry Blossom * *Cube * *Doric * *Doric and Pansy * *Floral * *Hex Optic * *Homespun * *Iris * *Sierra * *Sunburst * *Sunflower * *Swirl * *Windsor *Jenkins * *Ocean Wave *Lancaster Glass Company * *Jubilee * *Landrum * *Patrick *Liberty Works * *American Pioneer *MacBeth-Evans Glass Company * *American Sweetheart * *Chinex Classic * *Cremax * *Dogwood * *Petalware * *S Pattern * *Thistle *McKee Glass Company * *Laurel * *Rock Crystal *Paden City Glass Company * *Cupid * *Gothic Garden * *Orchid * *Peacock and Wild Rose * *Peacock Reverse *L. E. Smith Glass Company * *By Cracky * *Mt. Pleasante * *Pebbled Rim * *Romanesque *U.S. Glass Company * *Aunt Polly * *Cherryberry * *Floral and Diamond Band * *Flower Garden with Butterflies * *Primo * *Strawberry * *Swirl *Westmoreland Glass Company * *Della Robbia * *English Hobnail * *Woolworth 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Depression glass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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