Depression Glass

The history of Depression-era glassware is fascinating, and to more fully understand why this glassware captivates so many collectors, it’s important to know the histories of many American glass houses. By exploring how these companies developed new patterns and technologies, merged, and sold their wares, the story becomes clearer.

To begin with, Depression glass is known as such because collectors generally associate mass-produced glassware found in pink, yellow, crystal, or green with the years surrounding the Great Depression in America (1929-1933). Actually, the major manufacturers involved in making Depression-era glass, such as