Cherry Blossom (Depression glass)

How to read it

Rosemary Trietsch, writing for the National Depression Glass Association, says Jeannette made Cherry Blossom from 1930 to 1939, mainly in pink and green, and added Delphite, an opaque blue, in 1936. A few pieces are known in jadeite, crystal, red, yellow and orange slag; she suggests odd colours like these were made from glass left over at the end of a day. The jadeite pieces date from 1932, when Jeannette first used that colour for its kitchenware. Antique Trader gives the same years and lists pink, green, Delphite blue, crystal, jadeite and red. Trietsch calls it one of the most popular and heavily collected Depression glass patterns of all time.

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Changes in the moulds

Over nine years, worn moulds were replaced with ones that differed from the originals. Trietsch notes that the footed tumblers, sherbets and small pitcher first had a round foot, and later a scalloped foot that echoes the rims of the bowls and plates. Not every mould was replaced, so both kinds were made at the same time. The pattern pressed under a foot is either three clusters of cherries arranged like a pinwheel or a horizontal branch with cherries and leaves.

AOP and PAT

Dealers’ listings use two abbreviations for the pattern’s pitchers and tumblers. AOP, “all over pattern”, is the footed tumblers and the smaller pitcher; PAT, “pattern at the top”, is the flat tumblers and pitcher and the 8-inch footed pitcher.