Is this Amberina?

[dot341]

Is this what they call Amberina? They are deep red orange thick heavy glass..Also what were they used for? 

[md1919]

no not amberina, not really close.  amberina is a transparent glass whose color changes gradually from bottom to top (amber to red usually).  shapes are usually victorian not art deco as yours.

[dot341]

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@md1919 wrote:

no not amberina, not really close.  amberina is a transparent glass whose color changes gradually from bottom to top (amber to red usually).  shapes are usually victorian not art deco as yours.

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Okay. Thank you. Do you know what they were used for?

[rubiano98]

Food storage bowls for the refrigerator?

[gabla]

The red appears to be a fired on enamel. Glass refrigerator container were were popular from the 1930s through the 1950s, really the only choice. As plastics improved they went out of favor. I am thinking maybe Anchor Hocking for the glass.

[msgood2shoe · Accepted solution]

Florence id's this shape as being made by Hocking (so before it merged with Anchor) in his book on Kitchen Glassware.  

[gabla]

The merger was in 1936 if memory is right.

[msgood2shoe]

Close,  12/31/1937 according to Anchor Hocking Glass Museum website.  

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