Pink Lace Edge (Old Colony)

This pattern is near impossible to find without chips or more often cracks  in

the lace edge.  But these peices turned up locally a few weeks ago:

Pink Lace Edge Bowl - Top View

Pink Lace Edge Salad Bowl on Ebay

Pink Old Colony 7.5 HTF salad bowl (ribbed bottom)

The butter bottom looks the same as the salad bowl but without the ribbing in the base.

And also this lovely piece:  (on ebay- Lace Edge Plate) I have 3 listed so don't stop with this one. Check out the other 2 also!

Pink Lace Edge or Old Colony Depression Glass 10 inch Plate

And this is what cracks look like when they start...but they get much much worse.....

Pink Lace Edge Creamer - Depression Glass by Hocking

Lace Edge is a pretty extensive pattern line - there are 4-5 bowls sizes and 4 plates sizes in 2 styles, tumblers in 3 sizes, a fish bowl type cookie jar, vases and a candy dish and butterdish with a few other pieces thrown in.

It was made by Hocking (before they got "anchored" in 1935 thru 1938.  They produced Crystal (very limited) gree and pink.  And honestly in 35+ years of collecting depression glass I don't remember EVER seeing green in this pattern, not even at shows.   Of course, I don't travel like we used to but still you'd think I'd have seen a picture.

Gene Florence in his guides has a Woolworth's picture that shows some "yellow" that looks satinized.  Never saw that either.  

One nice thing about this pattern is, it's never, to date, been reproduced so if you collect this, you know you're getting the real deal.

If you haven't guessed by now...

I'm terrible at schedules and not too organized about this "blogging" stuff.  But I promise to try harder.  AND to reward your patience, I've got some fantastic new pictures to show you later this week.  First I want to pause and say a prayer for the faithful departed (what we ex-catholics call the dead and gone). 

Yesterday, I got my Kovel's newsletter and all it said was Collector Books was shutting down.

WHAT?
Yep...gone.  Now, if you're not a collector, you might not recognize their name but that company published Gene Florence's Encyclopedia of Depression Glass and all his other books on various collectible glass companies and eras.  Along with tons of other types of collector guides, pottery, cookie jars, etc.

So stop for a moment and lament the passing of another "great one".  And help me figure out, WHAT DO WE DO NOW, MA?