The details matter — and Hazel Atlas collectors know it: what's commonly sold as "milk glass" here is actually Platonite, the maker's own opaque glass formula, produced only from 1936 to 1940.
Maker: Hazel Atlas
Pattern: Newport (also known as Hairpin)
Materials: Platonite glass (opaque, not true milk glass), with metal lids
Dimensions: 4.5" tall
Origin: West Virginia, USA
Era: Vintage 1936–1940 (discontinued)
Condition: Very good vintage — glass pristine, no chips, cracks, or scratches; metal lids show wear and corrosion from salt and age, one more than the other, fully photographed. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
A serious collector's piece, or a handsome addition to a vintage kitchen with an eye for American Depression-era glassware — ideal for the buyer who appreciates the difference between milk glass and Platonite.
Hazel Atlas Glass Company got its start in 1885 in Wellsburg, West Virginia, making glass inserts for canning jar lids, and grew into one of the largest glass manufacturers in the country before being acquired by Continental Can in 1956. Platonite was developed in the 1930s as the company's own alternative to true milk glass — more translucent, and stronger. These footed shakers are unmarked, as was typical, but unmistakably genuine.
We also carry Hazel Atlas's cobalt blue Moderntone shakers and their Waffle Block Dutch Windmill range shakers — browse our shop to compare all three patterns.
