Plate / Grill Plate, Anchor Hocking, Pink Depression Glass, Lace Edge (Old Colony), Vintage

• Pattern:  Vintage Grill Plate, Open Lace Edge, (Old Colony), Pink Depression Glass, Divided Plate, (Discontinued)
• Made in USA 
• Vintage: 1935 – 1938
• Details:  This Grill Plate, or 3-Section Divided Plate, from Anchor Hocking in their Pink Lace Edge pattern is so pretty!  Not only pretty but very versatile. Originally used by diners and cafes because they made the food portions seem larger, they later became popular in the home to keep food separate.  Meat would go into the large section, with a starch and a vegetable in the smaller sections.  This style plate became very popular for BBQ's and outdoor serving and they are still in use today.  They look beautiful at baby showers and bridal showers.  Pretty for Valentine's day and Mother's Day.  Wonderful gift for a Depression Glass collector! 
• Material:  Glass
• Dimensions:  10.5 inches in Diameter
• Condition:  Vintage - Used.  Excellent condition.  Absolutely wonderful condition!!  There are no chips or cracks, if there are any scratches, they are not visible, and acceptable due to age/use/wear. Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns. Please remember these are VINTAGE and ANTIQUE items, they are NOT new, every effort has been made to show scratches, wear and tear and imperfections. 

Anchor Hocking has a very long and complicated history going back to 1905. Here is a "brief" synopsis of this long lived American manufacturer. The company was started by Isaac J. Collins and six friends who raised $8,000 to buy the Lancaster Carbon Company in Lancaster, Ohio. The company, named for the Hocking River that is near where the plant was located. In 1924 a large fire reduced the company to ashes but Mr. Collins and his associates raised funding to build another plant (Plant 1). The new plant was specifically designed for the production of glassware. Later in that same year, the company also purchased controlling interest in the Lancaster Glass Company (later called Plant 2) and the Standard Glass Manufacturing Company with plants in Bremen and Canal Winchester, Ohio. In 1929 the stock market crashed and so did the country's economy, however, this company survived by developing a 15-mold machine that could produce 90 pieces of blown glass per minute. This allowed the company to sell lower priced items and survive the great depression. Hocking Glass Company entered the glass container business in 1931 with the purchase of 50% of the General Glass Company, which in turn acquired Turner Glass Company of Winchester, Indiana. Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation came into existence on December 31, 1937 when the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation and its subsidiaries merged with the Hocking Glass Company. The word "Glass" was dropped from the company's name in 1969 because the company had evolved into an international company with an infinite product list. They entered the plastic market in 1968 with the acquisition of Plastics Incorporated in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Newell Corporation acquired the Anchor Hocking Corporation on 2 July 1987. In 2012 Anchor Hocking merged with Oneida and created EveryWare Global. EveryWare Global filed for bankruptcy in 2015. EveryWare Global was renamed The Oneida Group in 2017 and it's the current owner of Anchor Hocking brand.