Rodney Kent and Glass: Pyrex, Fire King, Federal, et al

Recently I have begun to research the glassware that has been used in Rodney Kent. They purchased from several companies. There are more collectors of the glassware than there are of Rodney Kent aluminum, so I have tried to use the glassware to figure out and approximate time for manufacture of Rodney Kent. So here is my first dilemma.

In a previous blog, I posted a page from a wholesaler's catalog. It had a drawing of a cruet set. Shortly after that the metal holder went up on eBay. Alas, the glassware was not with it. the advertisement had the specifications and a clear drawing of the glass cruet. So I scoured various venues for cruet servers. With my  possibilities reviewed I settled on two with the exact same profiles, but they are both 5 3/8" tall and the wholesale ad say 6 3/4" None of the cruet jars  that were this shape were that height. But this is my find.

 

So now I am wondering if Anchor Hocking or Pyrex, but especially Pyrex made cruet jars with this exact handle shape and body profile. What I have here is Hazel Atlas on the right and Hocking?? Glass on the left. Shape is correct. Height is not what the ad says. I would love some input.

I have got my hands on many collectors books...... Depression Glass, Fire King, Kitchen glass of the 30's and 40's, and so on. I have seen nothing that helps me in this category. Now I am waiting for a Fostoria glass book. So we will see.

On the bright side, the butter dish has an identifiable maker.

 

 

This glass butter holder is produced by Federal Glass. Federal makes a full butter dish, which you can occasionally find online and this is used as a lid. It is not to be confused this the  "Criss Cross" pattern sold by Hazel Atlas. Below is the full federal glass butter dish.

 

Notice the three triple rib bars

 

 

and here is the Hazel Atlas butter dish.

 

So for at least one glass item, the mystery is solved. But one more look at a bowl that is identifiable but that I have never seen in books. The Pyrex bowl 592 with the concentric circle bottom. At first glance you might think that it is a Fire King "Manhattan" bowl or the later "Park Avenue", but is it distinctly marked Pyrex.

 

 

So this is my last entry for the night. Again, you can see this on the wholesale catalog page that I previously posted. I believe that this may be item #417, but I am not sure. Something to think about for tonight.