Vintage Akro Agate Lily Vase Yellow White Orange Slag Glass Depression USA 658

Description

Beautiful Vintage Akro Agate Lily Vase. Has lovely shades of Yellow, White, & Orange Slag Glass. Made in USA and has mold #658 on bottom. Condition is Used with no chips or cracks. Would make a lovely decoration for anywhere in house.
Akro Agate was set up in Akron, Ohio in 1911 by George T. Rankin, Gilbert Marsh, and Horace C. Hill. Rankin and Marsh had the idea of making marbles and selling them in boxes at Gilbert Marsh's shoe store. Horace Hill was an expert marble maker, and they set up their machinery over Marsh's shop in Akron. Three years later they were doing so well that they moved their business to a large building in Clarksburg, West Virginia. They operated for forty years, until 1951. They made only marbles until 1932, when the company expanded into a range of small items including children's tea sets, ashtrays, flower pots and novelties.
Akro Agate began producing pressed glass in the 1930s, partly in response to increased competition in the marble market. Most of their pressed glass was opaque and most often there were coloured streaks in the glass, like the example in the picture above left. The company called this "blended colors" or "multi- colors" but today's collectors would probably call it "slag glass".