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Anchor Hocking - Glassware

Anchor Hocking Company was born of a merger of the Hocking Glass Company and Anchor Cap & Closure Corporation in 1937. The company is still in production today as a divison of Global Home Products with its headquarters located in Lancaster, Ohio. You will find items from their Fire King line listed separately. Various items are listed under dinnerware, barware, housewares, kitchenware and glassware.

4512

Anchor Hocking pattern 4512 consisted of several crystal and Royal Ruby accent pieces, including a cigarette box, puff box, candy box and marmalade jar.

Ball Jugs

Anchor Hocking produced ball jugs in two sizes and two shapes.

Baltic

The only items I offer in the Anchor Hocking Baltic pattern are the Royal Ruby tumblers.

Berwick (Boopie)

The Berwick pattern, commonly referred to as "Boopie" was manufactured from the 1950s to the 1970s. It came in Forest Green, Royal Ruby, Amber and Crystal.

Block Optic

Block Optic was actually produced by Hocking Glass Company (before the merge with Anchor) from 1929 to 1933. It can be found in green, yellow, pink and crystal. Some pieces have clear centers and others have rays.

Bubble (Early American)

The official name for this pattern is Anchor Hocking Early American but it is commonly known as "Bubble". Pieces came in Royal Ruby, Forest Green and Crystal.

Bubble (Provincial)

Anchor Hocking Provincial was also known as "Bubble" (not to be confused with the Early American Bubble??!!)

Burple

The Anchor Hocking Burple pattern is a series of bubbles rising from small to larger. Other than glasses, the only items made in this pattern are a 4 1/2" and and 8" bowl. The bowls came in Chrystal, Royal Ruby and Forrest Green.

Crystal

Anchor Hocking produced numerous pieces in clear glass (called crystal). Some pieces had pattern names such as Manhattan, Old Cafe, Burple, etc. and were produced in Royal Ruby, Forest Green as well as Crystal. Others Crystal patterns remained nameless.

Early American Prescut

Anchor Hocking's Early American Prescut pattern (featuring star-like shapes) came in several colors. Most common and popular is the crystal.

Fairfield R-1200

Anchor Hocking produced the Fairfield pattern in a wide variety of colors in the 1970s. Royal Ruby was produced in 1978.

Fiesta Band

Anchor Hocking made a variety of striped glassware (tumblers and pitchers). There were different colors to the bands; some with red, white, green, yellow and orange bands, some red, white and blue; and some red, green, yellow, white and black.

Gazelle

Anchor Hocking produced the Gazelle glasses in 1956. They came in Forest Green and Royal Ruby.

Georgian

Anchor Hocking produced the Georgian pattern in a wide variety of colors.

Hobnail

It seems most glass manufacturers have their own version of the hobnail pattern. Anchor Hocking's hobnail is a small rounded half circle. Pieces were made in a wide variety of shapes and colors.

Juice sets

Like Bartlett-Collins, Libbey, Hazel Atlas and others, Anchor Hocking made numerous juice and drinking glass sets. These were very popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Some came with pitchers and others with chillers.

Lace Edge

Anchor Hocking's Lace Edge pattern came in a variety of colors including pink, green, crystal and milk glass.

Laurel

The Anchor Hocking Laurel pattern was named for the etched design on the pieces. This pattern can be found on various glassware such as "Boopie" and "Roly Poly".

Manhattan

The Manhattan pattern by Anchor Hocking, like so many of its patterns, goes by another name as well, "horizontal ribbed." It was produced in pink, crystal and Royal Ruby.

Milano

Anchor Hocking made the milano glassware pattern is several colors.

Milk White

Anchor Hocking's name for their Milk Glass line was Milk White. The design is a grape/leaf design very similar to the Indiana/Colony Glass Harvest pattern.

Miscellaneous Glassware

Anchor Hocking made all kinds of glasses in Royal Ruby and Forest Green. Some were decorated seasonally (Christmas) others had birds, flowers, plants, boats, etc.

Miss America

The Anchor Hocking Miss America pattern was produced from 1935 to 1938. It came in crystal, blue, pink and green.

Monarch

Anchor Hocking Monarch as far as I know only came in Royal Ruby.

Moonstone

Moonstone glass, manufactured by Anchor Hocking, is a somewhat opaque white color. It is commonly found in hobnail with the bumps being solid white and the smooth glass part being more opaque.

Newport (Coupe)

I don't know when Anchor Hocking produced Newport (it is often called "coupe"). While I have only come across the pattern in Royal Ruby, I have been told it also came in at least one other color, a pale blue. The person with that set had bought it in 1990 and there were three sizes: "rocks", "beverage" and "iced tea". Another person states the pattern also came in a "clear, uncolored" glass and in addition to the three sizes previously mentioned, states there was also a fourth size - a juice glass.

Old Cafe

The Old Cafe pattern by Anchor Hocking was a scalloped glass design. Pieces are common in Royal Ruby and crystal.

Pagoda

Anchor Hocking Pagoda is a turquoise blue (laser blue) colored glass with a vertical textured pattern.

Park Avenue

Anchor Hocking's Park Avenue pattern looks very much like the Manhattan pattern. It consists of a series of concentric ridges. It differs from Manhattan in that it does not have the ball handles or feet.

R-1700

The R-1700 pattern by Anchor Hocking is a very plain dinnerware design.

R-4000

R-4000 was the number Anchor Hocking gave to a 22 piece Royal Ruby luncheon set.

R1074

The Anchor Hocking R1074 pattern consisted of a large serving bowl (8") and dessert bowl (4 1/2").

R1755

Anchor Hocking R1755 is one of those miscellaneous patterns that Anchor Hocking produced. I don't know much about it.

Rainbow

Anchor Hocking began producing raibow tableware in the late 1930s. Production continued into the early 1950s. True to its name, the tableware came in a variety of colors, both "Pastel" and " Primary".

Rainflower

Anchor Hocking Rainflower was a pressed glass patter that featured large pressed flowers around the side and came in a variety of colors.

Roly-Poly

Roly-Poly by Anchor Hocking was the name of a refreshment (beverage) set, consisting of a pitcher and various sized glasses.

Sandwich

Anchor Hocking made the Sandwich glass pattern in crystal, Forrest Green, amber and Royal Ruby. However, only Royal Ruby pieces were four different bowls. The other colors had numerous pieces produced, including egg dishes, glasses and plates. Anchor Hocking sandwich glass was produced from 1939 to 1964.

Soreno

The Anchor Hocking Soreno pattern is a bumpy, ridged glass that came in a variety of colors. It is most commonly found in a chip n' dip set, glassware or ashtrays.

Stars and Bars

The Anchor Hocking Stars and Bars design is a pressed glass pattern of stars and ribs. It was produced from 1924 to 1965.

Stars and Stripes

Anchor Hocking produced the Stars and Stripes pattern in 1942 (Do you think it had anything to do with WWII?)

Swedish Modern

Anchor Hocking Swedish Modern can be found in crystal (the most common color), Royal Ruby and Forest Green.

Triangle

It is easy to see where Anchor Hocking triangle got its name. There is an indentation on the snack plates to accommodate a cup. The actual pattern on the glass is daisy and button.

Unknown

I have not had any luck in identifying either the manufacturer or name of this pattern. However, every one I have come across has been attributed to Anchor Hocking so I am listing them here until I find out otherwise. It features a scalloped rim and a series of bubbles desending from large to small, much like Burple. I have only seen it in crystal and Forest Green.

Waterford Waffle

Its easy to see where Anchor Hocking's (Actually, started as Hocking Glass) Waterford's Waffle glass got it name. The pattern in the glass clearly resembles that of a waffle. This pattern is found in crystal, forest green and pink.

Wexford

Anchor Hocking produced the Wexford pattern from 1967 to 1998. It came in a variety of colors. The most common was crystal.

Windsor

Anchor Hocking produced Windsor in the 1940s. It came in several colors including Royal Ruby, crystal and green.