ADDICTED TO A MID-TERM MODERN MARVEL: BOOPIE GLASS

GLASSWARE GALORE.  Hubby is bringing into the COTTAGE cardboard boxes full of my Depression Glassware that will need identified, rewrapped and placed in better storage boxes.  It has been an exciting time for him to show me what's in the boxes!  LIKE CHRISTMAS. SURPRISE! 

More Anchor Hocking BOOPIE GLASS, some Indiana Glass #618 Pineapple and Floral design plates, some misc.  

Hubby and I have an ongoing JOKE.  I memba' telling him that the Boopie Glass Iced Tea Glasses were hard to come by.  I have 34 and still counting.  grins.  Each time I saw an Iced Tea glass, if it were a good price, I'd buy it!  Over the years, I FORGOT just how many I had stashed away. grins.  Okay, keep plugging away.

I placed the Boopie Glass in with what I already had wrapped in nice, new see-through tubs. A mid-century modern MARVEL. 

~Anchor Hocking Sherbet Boopie Glass~

Boopie Glass
A Mid-Century Modern Marvel

Produced by the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation from the 1950s to the 1970s, Boopie was a line of glassware that mimicked another more expensive, extremely popular line from Imperial Glass Company called Candlewick. Candlewick launched in the mid 1930s and by the time Imperial Glass closed its doors in the 1980s, they’d produced every item for Candlewick you can imagine, from candle holders to large platters to punchbowls. 

By the 1950s, Anchor Hocking must have seen an opportunity to create a similar, yet different pattern originally called The Berwick, later Boopie. With the mid-century modern era’s clean lines, simplicity and affordability of mass produced items, Boopie glassware did really well. While Candlewick was handmade and more expensive, Boopie provided the same element of fun and style at prices average households could afford. 
THEN THERE's the Indiana Glass #618 Pineapple and Floral Glass.  I love it. 

Historical Context

Produced during the Great Depression, Indiana Glass made this pattern in affordable Depression glass, which was widely sold in department stores, discount outlets, and as prizes.  The design’s cheerful floral and pineapple motifs reflected the optimism of the era.

Hidden away was a three legged cake plate by Lancaster Jubilee Yellow Topaz.  I have two of these.  Grouping like-kind together.
 

AT ANY RATE, I've learned some about DEPRESSION GLASS and how it was promoted.  Some pieces were used as a reward and a prize.  If you buy a gallon of oil, you were given a piece of glass.  Shouldn't there be something like this when you fill up your car tank with petrol?  

As we go through these boxes, I recall the pieces and do not want to part with just at the moment.  All will go on the cellar shelves for overflow glass items inside a nice storage tub!  I'm getting good at this.

Noticing that I've leaned toward Depression Glassware, I found something pretty that was affordable and bought it.  I cultivated an interest in this glass and learned along the way something historical about it.  

Will we have another Depression in our country?  That could be depressing to think about.

Back to researching and packing the pretties.

~d