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Degenhart Glass Pooch Dog Colors

Please note:  Under the title “Degenhart Glass Pooch Colors,” selecting the ARCHIVE button in blue lettering will bring up all of the photos on one page. You can then select individual photos from there.  Or, you can simply scroll down to see all of the pages.

This site is dedicated to picturing and identifying all of the colors for the pooch dog mold produced by the Degenhart’s Crystal Art Glass factory, (1947-1978, Cambridge, Ohio), more commonly called Degenhart Glass.

To see the Boyd Pooche colors go to:  https://boydpoochecolors.tumblr.com/

Pooch versus Pooche spelling: The Degenhart factory used the pooch spelling; whereas the Boyd factory used the pooche spelling.  I have maintained the difference in spelling for each of the Degenhart and Boyd tumbler pages.

Mold:  The mold was introduced in Jan. 1976 and was a reproduction of one used previously by the Federal Glass company.  It is marked with the factory logo of a D in a heart both in the inside cavity and on the right side between the front and back legs (some of the first Persimmon color only have the inside mark).

Color Variations:  With many of the colors, especially the slags where two or more colors are swirled together, variations are the norm so several examples are shown to give you a range of what to expect.  At other times, variations are a result of the same color being pressed on more than one occasion or sometimes the color changes over the hours its being made. You will see examples of these variations throughout the colors.

Because of the chemical makeup of some colors, the hue can change when placed under various light sources, sometimes dramatically.  A photo of the color Oddball shows it under two different light sources.  The factory was equipped with florescent lights, so it’s quite possible that some colors were probably named while looking at them under those lights, even though that same color would change if were taken outside. Obviously, the Mrs. Degenhart and her employees were well aware of these color changes and took this into account when choosing color names.

Rarities:  Pooches can be found that are solid instead of hollow. The hollow cavity was produced by the plunger into the molten glass as each pooch was pressed.  I’ve been told that solid dogs were a result of using glass to warm up the mold before production was started.  I have posted a photo of three that I have found.

Also, it’s possible to find pooches that are made with an overrun where the glass pushes out of the mold when being pressed.  These were possibly made as whimsies.  I photographed two of these.  

Photography:  All photos were taken using halogen bulbs (warm white) unless otherwise noted.

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Top row - all three Autumn (Light to dark - see Yellows for more variations.) Bottom row - left to right 1. Persimmon (Made twice, first batch has no outside mark. Indistinguishable in color.) 2. Golden Glow 3. Amber #1 (Made by Mosser Glass.) 4. Amber #2 (Also called Dark Amber.)

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Left to right 1. Brownie #2 (light) 2. Brownie #1 (dark)

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Left to right 1-2. Autumn (See Yellows for more variations.) 3-4. Dark Rose Marie (Varies from light to dark.)

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Top row - left to right 1. Cobalt Carnival (Made by Mosser Glass.) 2. Gunmetal 3. Bernard Boyd’s Ebony (Also called Bernard Boyd Black) Bottom row - left to right 1. Cobalt (Made three times, twice by Mosser Glass. Indistinguishable in color.) 2. Bluebird #1 (dark) 3. Bluebird #2 (light)

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Top row - left to right 1. Willow Blue 2. Ice Blue (Made by Mosser Glass.) Bottom row - left to right 1. Sapphire #2 (Also called Light Sapphire, made by Mosser Glass.) 2. Sapphire #1 or #3 (These two are indistinguishable in color, one was made by Mosser Glass.) 3. Blue Bell

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Top row - left to right 1. Teal 2. Smokey Blue Bottom row - left to right 1. Periwinkle 2-3. Elizabeth Blue (varies from green to blue)

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Top row - left to right 1. Delft Blue 2. Henry's Blue 3. Blue Jay Bottom row - left to right 1-2. Milk Blue #1 (Varies from light to dark.) 3. Milk Blue #2 4. Milk Blue Opal

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Top row - both Lavender Gray Bottom Row - left to right 1. Green Blue Marble 2. January Blizzard 3. Gray Marble

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Top row - all three Gray Blue Marble Bottom row - left to right 1. Blue Marble, Light 2-3. Blue Marble Slag 4. Blue Marble (dark)

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Top row - all four Powder Blue Slag #2 (Also called Powder Blue Slag Dark.) Bottom row - left to right 1-4. Powder Blue Slag #1 5. Powder Blue Slag #2

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Top row - both Bittersweet Slag Bottom Row - left to right 1. Powder Blue Slag #1 (Also called Powder Blue Slag Light.) 2. Powder Blue Slag #2 (Also called Powder Blue Slag Dark.) 3. Brownie #1 (Dark) 4. Brownie #2 (Light)

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All seven Caramel Green Slag #2 (Also called Green Caramel Slag.)