United States Series Shakers
By the U S Glass Company

Summary of Known Patterns

At the turn of the century, one hundred years ago, the U S Glass company issued a series of patterns named after the states. This area of the AGSSSC Web Site addresses those patterns and shows pictures of the salt shakers for those known. In many cases, there were more than one shape salt shaker made for each pattern. The shape shown is that for which pictures are now available. The web master would welcome additional pictures to add.

There are 50 states in the Union but 5 were not states when the patterns were issued – leaving 45 possible. If only one was issued for the Dakotas, Virginia, and the Carolinas it leaves only 42 possible.

4 State Patterns are unknown at this time. (Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island)

This leaves 38 known.

3 State Patterns were issued before and some do not count them. (Dakota, Idaho, Montana)

2 Of these 3, The shaker shape is not known except for Dakota

Pictures of 36 State Pattern Salt Shakers are shown: the 35 “accepted states” plus Dakota.

Following the pictures is the article about the US States Shakers written about 10 years ago and revised more recently by Carole and Bob Bruce (the information above is a very brief summary of that article. Also at the end of their article is access to a recent find that augments the Bruce’s research.