Pink Alabaster & Yellow Amber “Eastlake” pattern children’s mugs made by Atterbury & Company, Pittsburgh, circa 1880s-1890s. The colors varied somewhat in hue or intensity from manufacturer to manufacturer. During the height of popularity of colored EAPG ( the 1880s), many pieces were made in blue, amber, yellow (“canary” or “vaseline glass”), and some in a light to medium “apple green”, as well as in clear. The majority of EAPG is found in clear glass, but many other colors are found. In the late 1920s, a “new” type of pattern glass, now collectively termed “ Depression Glass” came into wide favor with the buying public. The heyday of “Early American Pattern Glass” (sometimes called “Early American Pressed Glass”), would be the 1875-1900 period, although a very few patterns were introduced as early as the 1830s and 1840s.ĮAPG began to fall out of favor in the 1910s. Most of this type of tableware was (originally) relatively inexpensive, and was commonly purchased and used primarily by the “middle class” segment of society. “TWO PANEL” spooner in blue, made by King, Son & Company of Pittsburgh, mid-1880s. Some glass pieces that are classed together with “EAPG” were made in only one form, such as certain ornamental toothpick holders, match safes, mugs, and other “whimseys” and “novelty ware”. Both pieces probably date from the 1880s. Two examples of EAPG: Vaseline Glass “Thousand Eye” pattern mug (Adams & Company or Richards & Hartley, Pittsburgh) blue “Three Panel” cream pitcher (Richards & Hartley).
However, many patterns, including some of the most widely collected and better-known patterns, were made in many dozens of forms (shapes or pieces), for example: relish or pickle dishes/bowls, goblets (stemmed wine or water glasses), tumblers, candy dishes, compotes, comports, celery vases, salts (salt dishes or salt cellars), finger bowls, match holders, toothpicks (toothpick holders), sauce dishes, punch cups, punch bowls, mustard jars, syrup pitchers (molasses cans), cheese dishes, vinegar and oil cruets, egg cups, cake plates, bread plates, pickle jars, mugs, large water pitchers, oil lamps, dresser trays, ring trays, jam jars, and others. Some EAPG “sets” consisted of only a very few pieces, such as the “basic four” or “table set”: sugar bowl, creamer, spooner (spoonholder) and butter dish. Amber “EARL” pattern relish/pickle dish, made by Bryce, Higbee & Company, Pittsburgh, PA, circa 1885. The term “EAPG” (Early American Pattern Glass) is applied to pressed glass tableware (occasionally including some blown glassware), made in sets, made within the United States primarily in the period 1850-1915, and carrying some type of recognizable pattern (motif, theme or design raised in the glass) which is repeated, often with some slight variations, from piece to piece.
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