Jeannette Glass Company

Jeannette Glass Company, which is more often than not misspelled as Jeanette Glass Company, began in the late 1880s as Jeannette Bottle Works, located suitably in Jeannette PA. From its opening until the early 1900s the company focused on making beautiful handcrafted wide mouth bottles, dishes, automobile headlight lenses, druggist bottles, and pickling / canning jars.

Come 1917 Jeanette expanded its operations to include prism glass, which neatly lead to creating depression kitchen pieces for which the company is still known.

Depression Glass Patterns:

Over the course of 10 years the Jeanette Glass Company created 14 Depression glass patterns that became collectible. These included:
Adam
Cherry Blossom
Cubist
Doric
Doric and Pansy
Honeycomb (also called Hex Optic)
Homespun
Iris & Herringbone
Poinsettia (also called Floral)
Sierra (also called Pinwheel)
Sunburst
Sunflower
Swirl
Windsor
Anniversary (40s50s60s Pattern)

All of these patterns utilized a variety of colors. Some had the rather tried-n-true pink, while others reflected Victorian greens and blues.

By 1930 Jeanette was rapidly becoming a household name, and production was at a peak. To this day the Depression-era glass patterns that Jeannette produced are considered some of the finest examples of the period. These pieces typically retain or solidly increase in value if kept in good condition.

Recognizing Jeannette Glass

Not all of Jeannette’s glassware bore a maker’s mark. The vast majority that did were various kitchen glasses. The mark to look for is a square or triangle with a capital J in the middle.

The 1950s

Milk glass was now becoming very popular, and Jeannette went to work making extraordinary pieces that would rival even Fenton. Better still, their milk glass items were not in “high” production, meaning there’s less of these items and they’re more highly sought after.

1960 – 1983

After the War the Jeannette Glass Company, like many others, experienced a slow down. In the early 1960s Thatcher Glass purchased the firm, later changing the name to Jeannette Corporation. The Company closed its doors in 1983.

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