One day at the library I found a book on Depression glass. I decided to investigate my collection. I asked my mother when she got the dishes. She said most of them were wedding gifts when she married in 1936. Some of the bigger pieces like a cake plate may have cost 50 cents.
People didn t have much money then.
Sometimes when you went to the picture show you d get a bowl. Movie theaters gave away glassware as an attendance promotion. The glass was also distributed as promotional items packaged in cereal or flour or given away at gas stations or grocery stores. Royal Lace is a popular Depression glass pattern with modern collectors. The pattern was made in cobalt blue, crystal, green, pink, and some amethyst.