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SHELL PINK ODDITIES
By Lorraine Kovar
Photos by Denise Dixon

(Portions of this article appeared in a past issue of "The Daze".)

Jeannette Glass decided to jump on the opaque glass bandwagon in 1957, with their Shell Pink Glass. This soft opaque pink glass can be found in a wide variety of shapes. In most cases, Jeannette borrowed existing molds from their regular line and processed them in the Shell Pink color. This was an inexpensive way to come up with an entirely new line.

Hazel Marie Weatherman's "Colored Glassware of the Depression Era, Book 2", shows most of the regular line pieces on page 207.

PHOTO # 1

Recently, I was fortunate enough to come across a large collection of many of the pieces shown in the Weatherman book. I even found a few pieces never shown before in any publication. Photo 1 shows the "Bambi" puff box and lid. According to Whitmyers' "Bedroom and Bathroom Glassware" (page 17), this puff box is known in crystal, pink and marigold iridescent. A sticker on the top of the lid lists the line number for this piece as 652. I don't believe that this piece was produced in shell pink in any large quantity.

Photo 2 shows the covered duck. This duck is similar in shape to the "Mama Quack" shown on page 21 of Whitmyers' "Bedroom and Bathroom Glassware". This duck however, has very small feathers all over its body, whereas the "Mama Quack" has large feathers that stick outward. Was a new mold needed to make this single piece? The other Jeannette ducks may be found in crystal and marigold iridescent.

PHOTO # 3

The elephant shown in Photo 3 was unknown as a Jeannette product. The Shell pink example in this photo is still on its knock-off base. This base would have been detached at the base of the elephant's feet, if it had been sold to the public. This leads me to believe that this piece was never commercially available, at least in this color. The crystal example in Photo 4 has had its base removed. Parts of the elephant's legs suffered damage by removing the base. Perhaps this piece was too difficult to produce and thus the idea was scrapped.

PHOTO # 5

Photo 5 shows the Line #2921 vase in the Anniversary pattern. An Anniversary cake plate and pin-up vase may also be found in shell pink.

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