Green kitchen glass came in a wide variety of color choices when it was new. The color is, in fact, very similar to the color in a peacock’s feathers but you won’t run into this hue often as it is considered rare.

Another transparent blue glass that is lighter in color than cobalt is peacock. Cobalt blue is fairly plentiful, but its popularity has driven prices higher in comparison to other colors and reproductions of many pieces have followed suit. Most of these items are quite pricey today, but they can be located via online auctions and scouring flea markets.īlue glass ranges from Delphite and Chalaine, elaborated upon above, to the traditional cobalt blue used in dinnerware by Hazel Atlas and other companies. From chunky shakers to salad fork and spoon sets, many items were made with black opaque glass. Although these aren’t as common as the yellowish items, things like batter jugs, sugar shakers, and reamers can be ferreted out with some diligence.īlack kitchenware is quite popular with collectors, and it mixes and matches well with many other colors in a vintage space. But if that’s not your speed, you can find pieces made by companies such as Paden City and Westmoreland in a richer honey amber color. Values are similar except for rarities in either variety.Īmber includes the dusty yellow color found most often in Depression-era dinnerware patterns. It is also not as plentiful, so collectors do not run across it as often as Jadite although it’s good to know the difference. Clambroth is lighter in color than Jadite and it is more translucent in comparison. Jadite should not be confused with “Clambroth” green glass. Prolific amounts of kitchenware were made using Jadite glass but dinnerware sets and heavy restaurant ware made under the Fire-King brand can also be found and those are equally as popular with collectors. Fire-King and McKee greens differ slightly in color, with Fire-King being the darker of the two. Jadite glass made by McKee was named “Skokie Green” by the company. Martha Stewart re-popularized Fire-King's Jade-ite by decorating the shelves of her on-air kitchen with stacks of this glass and featuring it on the cover of her magazine in the 1990s and the price rose substantially during that period. The majority of those pieces were branded as Fire-King wares. The trade name Jade-ite was used by Anchor Hocking for this type of glass which simulates the light jade gemstone. This type of opaque green glass made beginning in the 1940s by companies such as Anchor Hocking, Jeannette, and McKee.

More than likely, your opaque blue glass is Delphite but it never hurts to be sure given the disparity in rarity.

Chalaine blue glass is much harder to find than Delphite, and a rolling pin or measuring cup in this light color can sell in the thousands. In his books, Gene Florence describes Chalaine as a robin’s egg blue color and that’s pretty accurate for this pale hue. This shouldn’t be confused with “Chalaine” blue glass, which is lighter in color than delphite. Other novelty items were also made of Delphite glass such as cowboy hats sold at the Texas Centennial Exposition. Dinnerware pieces can also be found in Depression glass patterns such as Doric and Cherry Blossom. The McKee version is a bit lighter in color when compared to pieces made by Jeannette.Ī good variety of Depression-era kitchenware was made using Delphite glass but authentic, old pieces including canisters, measuring cups, shakers, and reamers like the one shown here are far from plentiful and they sell for good sums. Delphite is medium blue opaque glass made beginning in the 1920s by Jeannette Glass Company, but also used by other glassware manufacturers such as McKee.

Cobalt blue glassware