Green Depression Glass Value: Patterns, Prices, and the UV Glow

Green was the workhorse color of the 1930s. Nearly every maker ran it, so there's a lot of it, and plain green pieces sell slowly. The right pattern still sells well, and green Mayfair and a few other short runs are worth more than pink.

This guide covers green only. For every color, the history and the full chart, see our depression glass price guide.

Green Depression Glass Value Chart

Booth and estate-sale prices for green pieces with no chips, cracks or cloudiness. These are typical pieces, not the best ever sold online.

Typical ranges as of October 2026. Prices vary by area and condition. Snap yours with PocketPrice to see what it'll bring near you.

Big online asking prices for green glass are often for Mayfair, rare forms or pieces that never sold. Price an everyday green plate off the table above, not off them.

The Green Patterns to Know

• Cameo, “Ballerina” or “Dancing Girl” (Hocking Glass, about 1930–1934): a small dancing woman holding a garland, set in bands of swags. Green is the main color and the one most people own. Yellow and pink Cameo are scarcer.
• Block Optic (Hocking Glass, about 1929–1933): plain rows of raised blocks. One of the most common green patterns, made in many shapes, including footed tumblers, cone-shaped sugar bowls and stemware.
• Princess (Hocking Glass, about 1931–1935): octagonal pieces with fine-line panels. Green is the most common color. The hat-shaped bowl and cookie jar are the pieces to find.
• Sharon, “Cabbage Rose” (Federal Glass, about 1935–1939): a large layered rose. Green Sharon is less common than pink or amber and sells about like pink.
• Mayfair, “Open Rose” (Hocking Glass, about 1931–1937): roses inside open arches. Mostly pink; green Mayfair is scarce and sells for much more than pink.
• Florentine No. 1 and No. 2 (Hazel-Atlas, 1930s): poppies. No. 1 has scalloped, six-sided edges; No. 2 is round and smooth. Common in green.
• Number 612, “Horseshoe” (Indiana Glass, about 1930–1933): a scroll band that looks like a row of horseshoes. Mostly green and yellow. Pitchers and the covered butter dish are the valuable pieces.
• Cherry Blossom (Jeannette Glass, 1930s): cherries and leaves. Green sells close to pink.

The Most Valuable Green Depression Glass

• Any green Mayfair: $40–$110 for plates and bowls, more for serving pieces. Most Mayfair is pink, so green is a real find.
• Horseshoe pitchers and butter dishes: $90–$180 and up.
• Cameo pitchers, candy dishes and footed pieces: $50–$90.
• Sharon butter dishes: $60–$100 in green.
• Princess cookie jars and hat-shaped bowls: $35–$80.

As with every color, the covered and big pieces carry the value. A lid has to be there and has to belong.

How to Identify Green Depression Glass

1. Hold it to a window. Real depression glass is see-through, a clear light to medium green, the same all the way through.
2. Feel the weight. It's thin and light. Heavy, thick green glass is usually newer.
3. Find the mold seams. Raised seam lines up the sides and small rough spots on the rim are normal on old pieces.
4. Check the base for wear. Fine scratches and a dulled ring on the bottom are what decades of use leave behind.
5. Name the pattern. A dancing figure is Cameo, blocks are Block Optic, a horseshoe-like band is Horseshoe. Almost none of it is marked.

Why Some Green Glass Glows Under a Black Light

Some glassmakers used a small amount of uranium to color green and yellow glass. Under a UV flashlight (365 nm works best), that glass glows a bright neon green. A lot of 1930s green depression glass glows; some doesn't, depending on the maker and the batch.

What it means for value: to depression glass collectors, the pattern, piece and condition set the price, not the glow. What the glow does is add a second group of buyers. Uranium glass collectors shop with flashlights, and a glowing shelf sells. A strong glow can nudge a plain green piece up a few dollars and help it sell faster.

What it doesn't mean: a glow doesn't prove a piece is old, rare or depression glass. Uranium glass was made before and after the 1930s, and new glowing glass is still made.

Is it safe? The radiation from uranium glass is very low, and collectors handle and display it all the time. If you'd rather be careful, use glowing pieces for display instead of everyday eating and drinking, and never grind or sand them.

Uranium glass vs. Vaseline glass

Uranium glass is any glass with uranium in it, in any color that glows. Vaseline glass is one kind: a see-through yellow to yellow-green glass with a slightly oily look, made mostly from the late 1800s into the 1930s, that collectors usually price higher. Most green depression glass is uranium glass, but it isn't Vaseline glass. Tag it with its pattern name and add “glows under UV.” Our glass and crystal price guide has typical uranium glass prices.

Green Depression Glass vs. Jadeite vs. Modern Green Glass

• Depression glass is see-through. Light passes through it, and you can see your fingers behind it.
• Jadeite is opaque, milky jade-green glass, made mostly from the 1940s into the 1970s and best known in restaurant mugs, mixing bowls and kitchen canisters. It's a separate collecting category with its own prices, and it is often reproduced, so it needs its own check.
• Modern green glass is usually thick, heavy and smooth, with clean seams, no wear on the base and often a sticker or “Made in” mark. It sells as useful glassware, $2–$8 a piece.

Green Reproductions

Green has been copied less than pink, but watch these: Cameo salt and pepper shakers and tiny child's-size Cameo dishes (Cameo was never made as a child's set), Adam and Sharon butter dishes, Cherry Blossom pieces, and Madrid, which Indiana Glass reissued from 1976 as “Recollection.” Reproductions are usually heavier, with softer pattern detail and a color that is a little too bright or too dark.

What Raises or Kills the Value

Raises it

• Strong, even color and a bright UV glow.
• Big and covered pieces with the right lid.
• Sets: a pitcher with tumblers, or matched plates and cups.
• Scarce patterns in green, like Mayfair.

Kills it

• Chips on rims and feet: half the price or less.
• Cracks, which show as bright lines when held to light.
• Cloudiness (“sick glass”) from dishwashers or hard water. It rarely comes out.
• Heavy scratches on plate centers, and missing or mismatched lids.

Selling It Locally vs. Online

Green glass is fragile and heavy for what it brings. A $12 plate can't carry $15 of shipping and packing, and a chip in the mail means a refund. Booths, estate sales and local pickup are the best place for most of it, where buyers see the color and the glow.

Sets and matching pieces sell far better together. Keep them on one shelf at one price. Save online selling for green Mayfair, Horseshoe pitchers and full sets worth $150 or more.

Pricing Tips for Booth Vendors

• Bundle the plain pieces. Block Optic sherbets, saucers and berry bowls sell slowly alone. Tie four or six together and price the bundle.
• Add a black light. A small UV light on a shelf of glowing green pulls people in. Put a card on it: “Press to see it glow.”
• Mix green with pink. A shelf of both colors looks like a collection and sells better than one color alone.
• Tag the pattern name and the glow. “Cameo, Hocking, 1930s, glows under UV” sells to both crowds.
• Lock up the big pieces and anything Mayfair.
• Price for spring and St. Patrick's Day. Green sells all year and gets a bump in March.

Related Guides

Read the main depression glass price guide for every color and pattern, and pink depression glass value for the most collected color. For kitchen glass from the same cabinets, see CorningWare and Fire-King prices and how to price vintage Pyrex.