Manufacturer: Hazel Atlas Glass Company
Neat vintage souvenir glass or souvenir collectible believed to have been made in the 1940s or 1950s. This is a frosted drinking glass or frosted tumbler for the island country of Bermuda, marked on the underside base with the raised "HA" insignia of the Hazel Atlas Glass Company (we could not get the HA insignia to show in an image but guarantee that it is there). These state and country-related glasses were very popular collectibles in the mid 20th century with more people travelling, as mementos of their adventures.
We have six of these same Bermuda glasses which came out of the same home. We are selling them individually since many people like to collect just one glass from different places. They are identical, but do have minor condition wear differences (nothing bad).
Cylindrical drinking tumbler measuring 5 inches in height, 2 11/16 inch top diameter. It is evenly frosted throughout the glass (vs. some of these glasses which are frosted behind the designs but become clear in other places). The glass shows a map of the islands that make up Bermuda, marking in words the country's parishes and several locations or features. There are also several line drawings or illustrations showing the ship The Queen of Bermuda (labelled), two sailboats, a horse drawn carriage, a sea horse, two swimming fish, and some palm trees and flowers. All graphic details are done in a raised black enameling or baked-on paint, with yellow backgrounds and yellow highlighting.
For those who collect items related to specific locations, the words and locations in Bermuda listed on the glass are: Somerset, Ireland Island, Great Sound, U.S. Base, Little Sound, Southampton, Warwick, Paget, Pembroke, Hamilton, Devonshire, Smith's Parish, Harrington Sound, St. George's, Ft. Bell Kindly Air Field and Castle Harbor.
Overall, these souvenir tumblers are in very good condition, and easily could be used or displayed. They have no chips, cracks, crazing or major scratches. Frosting and graphics look wonderful. On some of the glasses there are minor touches of wear which vary by glass. Depending on the glass, with closeup inspection you may see a few stray dots, tiny scratches or marks, some darker lines or slight stain lines in the frosted area, curved clear-type lines and/or rubbed lines in the frosting (some as made), some spots/spotting in the frosting (likely as made), and other light touches of perhaps some use or handling wear. We are listing these which, again, vary by glass (with only some of these on some glasses), but really there isn't anything bad here that detracts. There is some expected wear on the underside base rims on which these glasses sit, with this also varying, one having darker dots on the base while some others with lesser wear (all supportive of the age).
Great souvenir drinking glass to add to your collection or just a nifty piece to add to any collection of memorabilia related to Bermuda or the British Commonwealth, of which it is a member.
If you are looking at ordering more than one of these Bermuda glasses, or in combination with others of our state souvenir glasses, we recommend you contact us before placing the order so that we can provide you with a better shipping cost. We would be pleased to ship multiple glasses together in one package to save you money (the system won't automatically calculate the savings you should get shipping more than one glass together). |