The door prize was a lovely crystal cup and saucer in the Florentine #1 pattern and won by Jody Newsome.

Our program on the pattern "Cape Cod" was presented by Louise Compton. "Cape Cod" has been in existence for over 400 years. Waterford created it as cut crystal to go with both Spode and Wedgewood china patterns. The Sandwich Glass Company bought the pattern to us as cut glass, not pressed glass until they were bought out by Pairpoint. Pairpoint called the pattern "Adelaide" until they went out of business in 1926.

The Cape Cod pattern that most of us are familiar with is the one produced by the Imperial Glass Company from 1932 - 1984. In 1929, the Great Depression and the loss of major markets caused Imperial to declare bankruptcy. In 1931 it went into receivership. An order from the Quaker Oats Company for a premium to be packaged in its product, enabled Imperial to stay in business. The premium was the forerunner of today's Cape Cod pattern. The pattern was put into a press and called Cape Cod. The pattern was patented. Imperial purchased Central Glass Works in 1940. The peak of Imperial production was World War II. Cape Cod was sold in the Atlanta area at the old Davison-Paxton department stores which we know today as Macy's.

This pattern was also produced in colors. The first three colors were ruby and cobalt (Ritz Blue) and amber. These were produced from 1932 - 1937 with concave bowls and wafer stems. "Verde Green, Amber, Sunshine Yellow," and "Fern Green" soon followed. In 1942, the wafer stem and concave bowl were discontinued and replaced with the fancy stem and round bowl. In 1958, Imperial purchased the Heisey molds. In June 1958, "Heisey by Imperial" was introduced in 14 patterns after Imperial acquired Heisey Glass. In 1960, Imperial purchased Cambridge Glass Company. In 1964, a pink (Azalea) and turquoise (Antique Blue) in Cape Cod were introduced. Imperial made "Vintage Blue" for Tiara in the 1970's. In 1972, the stockholder arranged a stock exchange with Lenox, Inc. In 1973, Lenox began making Imperial Glass with the LIG logo. In June 1981, the company was purchased and the mark became ALIG. They also made the pitcher and 6 oz. juice glasses in "Chantel Green" for Tiara. Imperial made a lot of cruets with varying handles and stoppers.

We were enlightened as to what a pokal is. It is the 15-inch jar with the lid from a candy dish which is a perfect fit. It makes a $50 difference as to the value! The shot glass and whiskey glass are identical in appearance -- the difference is the whiskey glass holds more liquid. In 1953, a peanut butter dish with the lid was introduced with a satin glass finish. In 1931, the first goblet bowls were concave shaped with a wafer stem. Later, the bowls were rounded. In 1931, the Cranberry flash on the round bowl goblets were a special order. The very expensive concave sherry stem was only made in 1951. The charming nut dishes came in both 3" and 4" sizes. The plastic lids for the footed salt and pepper shakers came out in 1931. Later, these lids were made in both metal and chrome. The most productive time for the Cape Cod pattern was from 1947 - 1951.

The Club wants to thank Julie Meyer for donating the book CRISTAL, THE WORLD FINEST! If you get a chance, please browse through the book. We are still missing the book WEST VIRGINIA GLASS BETWEEN THE WARS. If you borrowed it, please remember other Club members would like to use it.