40s 50s 60s Glass

Kings Crown Glassware

While King’s Crown Glassware is generally considered a “40s50s60s” pattern, it has a long history and was made for many years by several different glass companies. It can be very confusing!! King’s Crown was originally known as Thumbprint. It was first made by US Glass Company in the late 1800s. Tiffin Glass picked up the [...]

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Moon and Stars Glassware

Moon and Stars Glassware design is very popular in collecting because the glass was heavy and withstood the test of time relatively well. Moon and Stars is also called the Palace design and it originally appeared in the mid 1870s. Some say it was Abraham Lincoln’s favorite type of glassware. Read More – Moon and [...]

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Beaded Edge Westmoreland

Called Beaded Edge by collectors, the official name of this Westmoreland pattern is “Pattern #2 Milk Glass”. Pieces were made plain & decorated. Some were also made with red edges. While there are not a lot of individual pieces in this pattern, there is a wide variety of different decorations that appeared on them, including [...]

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Buttercup Fostoria

Buttercup Fostoria is the pattern Buttercup that was made by Fostoria from 1941 to 1960. Buttercup is a dainty etched pattern that was popular with brides in the 1940s and 1950s, but is not particularly well known. Read More – Buttercup Fostoria

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Cascade Cambridge

Cascade Cambridge, or the Glassware Pattern Cascade, was made byt the Cambridge Glass Company in the early 1950s. It is one of the last Cambridge patterns made before they closed in 1954. Read More – Cascade Cambridge

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Cabochon Heisey

Cabochon Heisey – the Cabochon pattern was made by Heisey Glass in the 1950s. Collectors love its elegant simplicity. Read More – Cabochon Heisey

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Alice FireKing

Alice FireKing was made by Anchor Hocking from 1945 to 1949. Only 12 pieces of the Alice pattern were made – a Dinner Plate and Cup and Saucer in four different colors. Because the cups and saucers were given away for free in oatmeal boxes, they are much easier to find than the dinner plates, [...]

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Fire King Restaurant Ware

Fire King Restaurant Ware was made by Anchor Hocking from 1948 to 1967 for restaurants and mass feeding establishments. Fire King Restaurant Ware Related Pages: Fire King Restaurant Ware Fire King 40s50s60s Glass

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Petal Federal Glass

Petal Federal Glass was made by the Federal Glass Company from 1954 to 1979 in Clear, Sun Gold (Amber), Blue, Green, Gold Iridescent, Iridescent, Pink, Smoke Iridescent, Yellow. Petal Federal Glass Related Pages: Petal Federal Glass 40s50s60s Glass

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Fire-King Glassware

Fire-King Glassware is the brand name of heat resistant glass made by Anchor-Hocking from 1942 to the late 1970s. Fire-King is the brand name and it can be classified further by pattern and by color. The Fire-King family of kitchenware includes Fire-King Oven Wear and Fire-King Restaurant Ware. There were also numerous Fire-King promotional and [...]

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