Fortune - isn't that a great name for a glass pattern? It evokes visions of fancy stemware and gorgeous glass. Actually Fortune was a small depression glass pattern made by Hocking Glass from 1937 to 1938. It is a simple pattern with alternating wide and narrow vertical ribs.
Most of Hocking's patterns came in quite a few pieces - think of Cameo or Block Optic with their huge array of shapes and sizes - but Fortune was an anomaly. Hocking made a small lunch set of cup, saucer, lunch and sherbet plates, two tumblers, several bowls and a covered candy dish. There is no creamer, sugar, shakers or dinner plates.
Sometimes people confuse Fortune with Old Cafe, which is another small Hocking depression pattern. Fortune has one wide and one narrow rib. Old Cafe had two narrow ribs between one wide rib.
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