Tumbler: Federal Glass, State Map Souvenir, Oklahoma, Green Frosted, Vintage 1960s

A frosted Federal Glass tumbler that wears Oklahoma's nickname on a feathered round emblem, above a green map of the state's parks, caverns and oil fields.

• Maker: Federal Glass Co.
• Pattern: State Souvenir Map, Oklahoma
• Materials: Frosted glass with raised fired-on color illustration
• Dimensions: 4.75″ tall, 2⅜″ diameter
• Origin: USA
• Era: Vintage 1960s–1970s
• Condition: Very Good vintage condition. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

A round emblem reading "The Sooner State" hangs with feathers beside the large green "Oklahoma" lettering. The map is printed in green and black and marks Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Lawton, Shawnee and Claremore, along with Alabaster Cavern, Beaver Bend State Park, Turner Falls, Old Fort Gibson and the Pioneer Woman Statue. It also marks Platt National Park, the name the park went by until 1976, when it became the Chickasaw National Recreation Area. The fired-on design is raised, though softer in detail than on some other souvenir glasses, and the smallest place names are hard to read. The embossed "F" inside a shield for Federal Glass is on the base, (this is easiest to see when the glass is wet).

A great find for the collector building a fifty-state set, and for anyone with Oklahoma pride.

Oklahoma's nickname comes from its pioneer days. On April 22, 1889, thousands of settlers raced by wagon, horse and foot to claim land in the Unassigned Lands, and the "Sooners" who slipped in before the official start gave the state its name for itself. Oklahoma became the 46th state in 1907.

The "F" in a shield on the base is the mark of the Federal Glass Company. It was founded in 1900 in Columbus, Ohio, by the Beatty family, and it became one of the largest makers of Depression glass in the 1930s. After the war it expanded into decorated tumblers and barware, using frosted glass for Tom Collins-style tumblers and becoming known for that frosted, raised-pattern style. It became a division of Federal Paper Board in 1958 and closed in 1979. 

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