| Glass pitchers made of Depression glass date back to | | | | farmers, ministers and merchants as beautiful looking |
| the 1920s from the United States of America. They | | | | beverage containers. Vintage pitchers were more |
| are usually very cheap and easily accessible. They | | | | table decoration than just liquid containers. They |
| were used in ancient times as incentives to buy other | | | | were a symbol of status once they became |
| products like petrol. As opposed to hand-blown glass, | | | | commercially exchanged. Landowners who were |
| this variety is usually developed through a system | | | | competitors to one another, usually held high-level |
| that involves compressing glass slabs with machines | | | | parties to display their collection of pitchers. The |
| into molds. Depression glass comes in distinctive | | | | tradition continues except the protagonist is the |
| colors that include different shades of amber, pink | | | | antique item collector in recent times. |
| and green. Major manufacturers of such glass include | | | | Vintage glass pitchers are considered highly difficult to |
| Hazel Atlas, Jeannette, Anchor Hocking, | | | | manufacture in earlier days as the buildings used to |
| MacBeth-Evans, and Federal. | | | | catch fire during the production process. Hence, there |
| In recent times, such pitchers are highly valued and | | | | are not many items available in the market. This |
| sought after by antique collectors. They are quite | | | | makes them even more valuable and alluring to |
| highly priced and are a rare find. Vintage glass | | | | collectors. Many big auction houses have exclusive |
| pitchers come in different patterns. There are around | | | | shows for vintage glass pictures and other |
| thousand three hundred different patterns that are | | | | dinnerware. |
| available and they are made in hundreds of different | | | | Future collectors will also naturally find such |
| forms. While some collectors focus on collecting | | | | decorative pitchers irresistible. Glass pitchers seldom |
| different patterns of vintage glass pitchers, other | | | | lose their brilliance and charm as gift items and |
| focus on collecting different forms and colors of the | | | | vintage glass make for valuable and precious gifts. |
| same pattern of pitchers. There are many | | | | Since they are available in all shapes, sizes and colors, |
| permutations and combinations of collectibles that | | | | they suit the preferences of a wide variation of |
| make collectors proud! | | | | collectors irrespective of their place of origin, age or |
| Traditionally, glass pitchers were famous among | | | | occupation. |