CheriShops ~ The Vintage Village

Art Deco and Depression Era Glass Powder Jars & Puff Boxes



My lifelong love of gorgeous glassware reached its zenith when I discovered a 1990 reference book entitled "Bedroom and Bathroom Glassware of The Depression Years" by Margaret & Ken Whitmyer, and first saw the array of exquisite glass vanity collectibles that are now by far my favorite glass items from times past.

The years of The Great Depression in America brought much austerity and hardship, but also gave rise to promotional giveaways and inexpensive items, made from machine produced glass, that were specifically designed to be both eye catching and reusable in a number of ways, and so enticing cash starved buyers to splurge a little. As a result we have the collector’s treasure trove of popular Depression Glassware from the 1920s & 1930s. In addition to the colorful glass…

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Bedroom and Bathroom Glassware and other Vanity Accessories are amongst the special vanity collectibles found at Cheri's Shops. Quite the most frequently asked question we receive on these items is "What are Hair Receivers?"



Well, as the name suggests, they received hair!



Dating from Victorian times through the early 1950s, hair receivers were a fixture on the dressing tables of most fashionable ladies. They were designed to hold hair that was removed from hairbrushes after vigorous brushing, and they resemble vanity jars or powder jars, but with the distinctive feature of having a finger sized opening hole in the center of the lid.

The comb would be run through the bristles of the hairbrush and the… Continue

Hello,

my name is Cheri and I am a Glassaholic!

:)



I loooove gorgeous glassware, especially early 20th Century Glass ( and am also rather partial to the marvelous Mid Century Modern Glass...but that is for another day)



Here is a short synopsis on Depression, Elegant and Art Deco Glass that I wrote some years back for my original Alma's Attic Blog



Depression Glass:

The term Depression Glass refers to manufactured glassware that was

produced from the 1920's, through around the early 1940s, ie. the era of

the Great Depression until the end of WW2.



What we have come to know as Depression Glass was cheaply mass-produced,

mold pressed, colourful and highly patterned glass that was sold at

very low prices. These items would appear in soap or cereal boxes, or

might be given away at a local movie theater or gas station to promote

sales.…

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