Mayfair (Open Rose) (Depression glass)
Mayfair, which collectors also call Open Rose, is a Depression glass pattern made by the Hocking Glass Company from 1931 to 1937. A different Federal Glass pattern of 1934 was also called Mayfair until Federal had to rename it.
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The National Depression Glass Association’s table of 92 major patterns dates Hocking’s Mayfair to 1931 to 1937 and lists it in green, pink, crystal, yellow and blue. Antique Trader, which calls it Mayfair “Open Rose”, gives the same years and lists green, blue, yellow and crystal. Hocking’s own run ended in 1937, the year it merged with the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation to form Anchor Hocking.
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This page says what a pattern is and when it was made, from makers’ catalogues, museums and published references. It doesn’t authenticate or value any piece.
Hocking’s Mayfair or Federal’s Mayfair?
Two patterns carried the name. Rosemary Trietsch, writing for the National Depression Glass Association, says the Federal Glass Company introduced a pattern called Mayfair in 1934, advertised once in the Crockery and Glass Journal in amber, which Federal called Golden Glow, and crystal. The patent office refused Federal’s application because Hocking already held the name, so Federal redesigned it at least twice before patenting it as Rosemary in 1935.
Federal’s Mayfair has arched panels decorated in turn with two open roses and a honeycomb pattern. Rosemary kept the arches and the roses and dropped the honeycomb, and collectors call it Dutch Rose. Antique Trader lists Federal’s Mayfair as 1931 to 1937, in crystal, amber and green, against the association’s single year, 1934.
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- Hocking made it before the 1937 merger that formed Anchor Hocking.Anchor Hocking markThe mark of Anchor Hocking of Lancaster, Ohio: an anchor with a capital H across its shank, pressed into the company’s glass from 1938. Anchor Hocking LLC still makes glass in Lancaster and owns the Anchor Hocking name and logos.
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Sources
- 92 Major Glass Patterns of the Depression Years, by Joyce Krupey, table, 2002, National Depression Glass Association, Second five-year period; colour key
- Depression Glass: What It Is and How to Identify This Rainbow Relic of Hard Times, updated 14 September 2026, Antique Trader, Anchor Hocking Glass Company; Federal Glass Company
- Federal Glass Company’s Rosemary, by Rosemary Trietsch, National Depression Glass Association
- Anchor Hocking Advertisements, National Depression Glass Association
Last reviewed October 8, 2026 by Rory Hansen. How we research
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