Description
Jeannette Iris Clear Smooth Stem Glass Tumbler (1928-1932) in great condition. It measures 6″ high x 2.75″ diameter.
In the Beginning
Jeannette Bottle Works began operation in the late 1880s in Jeannette, Penn. In 1898 the company became Jeannette Glass Company. They produced a vast selection of handmade bottles, jars and dishware well into the early 1900s.
The company expanded production to prism glass in 1917. Prism glass was incorporated in both business and residential structures to increase light exposure. This division of the company was sold in the mid-1920s. Improvements made to the factory during this period, however, included converting it to a pressed glass facility. This change allowed the company to later produce the Depression-era kitchen glass and dinnerware for which they are best known.
Depression Glass Days
Jeannette Glass Company introduced 14 collectible Depression glass patterns during the period from 1928 through 1938, according to an article by Joyce E. Krupey published by the National Depression Glass Association. Among these are the popular Adam and Iris & Herringbone patterns. This company also manufactured the Cherry Blossom pattern, which has been widely reproduced. Other Jeannette patterns: Hex Optic, Cube (also known as Cubist), Floral, Sierra, Doric, Sunflower, Windsor, Doric & Pansy, Swirl, Homespun, and Sunburst.
Colors used in Jeannette’s Depression glass vary from the traditional pink and green to a more uncommon teal green color called ultramarine. They manufactured not only dinnerware patterns, but a wide array of kitchen glassware as well. Their ribbed kitchenware pattern known as Jennyware was made in pink, clear and ultramarine. Jeannette also produced kitchen glass and a limited amount of dinnerware in opaque jadite and delphite colorations.
The signature for Jeannette Glass Company included a capital J enclosed by either a square or triangle, and sometimes alone when seen through the bottom of a tumbler, goblet or ice cream glass. Many pieces of Jeannette glass were not marked but can be easily identified by the pattern.
