St. Clair Joe St. Clair

GLASS
ST. CLAIR
JOE ST CLAIR
ANIMAL
COVERED
DISHES*
IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
*CHICKENS NOT INCLUDED
JENNIFER PATTON

ABOUT ME
Hi! My name is Jen and this is a little bit about myself. First, I must say this project was a lot of fun.
Like a book from my gradeschool years lol. I don’t know if children today still do book reports, but when
I was in school, they were required and boy did I dread reading the assigned books then having to
summarize them! I loved reading books that interested me and hopefully this will interest you. I created
it for anyone that needs help with identification. For the novice glass collectors that buy animal covered
dishes because they fall in love with the way they look or the type of animals they are, or simply for
their colors. For the avid collectors who enjoy buying a few of each animal regardless of the maker. For
the veteran collectors who may have hundreds of glass dishes who never cease to amaze me with their
beautiful collections. For the people that have inherited or purchased someone’s entire collection or
part of a collection and need help to identify things. For the people like me that are meticulous about
every detail needing to label things and just absolutely need to know the whats, whens, whos, hows and
whys of the animal dishes they own. For me, what started with one Asian yellow stained glass bunny on
a nest, has flourished into a full blown collection of hundreds of mixed and matched animal covered
“candy” dishes of all glass types and colors. No particular glass maker, just everything I can’t live
without. LOL. Anyone that knows me would tell you that I stop at nothing, studying book after book
searching for answers about my own glass animals until I find them. I have never been satisfied with a
mystery….unless it involves me watching Columbo, my lifelong favorite television program! I am a
mystery solver... a true detective. I get this from my Mother, Cindy -Sultana- Wheatley. I need to get to
the bottom of a piece of unidentified glass. It drives me bananas not to know everything I can about
each piece that I own. Next, I will tell you that the monetary value of my glassware means nothing to
me. I collect it because I love it. However, unique and rare is always a find! Sure, like every collector, I
love a bargain and have had to pass up many pieces that I could not afford. Ooooh the ones that got
away. They haunt me. I can assure you that when I get a new addition to my collection, it has found its
forever home. Someone before me and usually possibly before them owned these animal covered
dishes making a kind of history that I can only imagine in my mind, its importance to each person. There
is a reason behind every single glassware in every single dwelling. Glass symbolizes many things. It is
proudly displayed. It is important to the person who owns it. I enjoy seeing the happiness glassware
brings to people, especially these animal covered dishes. Who doesn’t love animals? I also enjoy seeing
my collection knowing these pieces of history live on and hope that when I am long gone, they will be in
other homes. My glass brings me peace; most peaceful in the evenings when the cabinet lights are on
and the glass does its natural thing; what it was intended to do since the day it was made...look pretty!
To me, it is reminiscent of having a year round Christmas Tree. Glass is AMAZING! I am a country girl
through and through. I love all things nature. I am an avid bird watcher and an all around animal lover. I
live in the beautiful state of Kentucky with my husband and our two dogs, Monkey and Johnnie, who by
the way, is named after my all time favorite singer, Johnny Cash.

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St. Clair Glass Company
Joe St. Clair's art Glass company
St. Clair House of Glass company
St. Clair Glass Company began in 1938 in Elwood, Indiana. Joe St. Clair
began the company and his 4 brothers and father, John "Pop" soon
joined in. St. Clair pressed animal covered dishes from 1962-1971.
During these years, the acds weren't marked until 1971. Mark was ST
CLAIR (block letters). Joe sold St. Clair Glass Company in 1971 and went
into retirement. In 1974, Joe created Joe St. Clair's Art Glass, where he
continued to press glass novelties until 1977. He died in 1980. Russ
Vogelsong of Summit Art Glass purchased the animal covered dish
molds from Joe in 1978. From 1974 on, the animal covered dishes were
marked Joseph St. Clair (script letters), or Joe St. Clair (block and script
letters). Joe's brother Bob St. Clair, also left St. Clair Glass Company and
started his own business with wife Maude; St. Clair House of Glass which
is still in business today. After Bob died, Joe Rice took over the
company. It is still St. Clair House of Glass and they specialize in hand
blown art glass paperweights.
Website:
thehouseofglassinc.com
Through combined efforts between Joe St. Clair's Art Glass and St. Clair
House of Glass, the brothers helped each other.
Animal covered dishes were:
Dolphin covered dish 1967-1971, 1974-1977. Mold was reproduced
using an original Greentown mold. St. Clair had new molds made.
Robin covered dish 1967-1971, 1974-1977. Mold was reproduced
from an original Greentown mold. St. Clair had new molds made.
Base differs from original.
Pony covered dish 1962-1971, 1974-1977. Mold was purchased from the
Ferguson's, who poured the pony in Indiana 1930's-40's. Ferguson's
pony was a copy of the original Mckee pony. This information came
from a 2005 newsletter addressed to Dealers of Summit Art Glass,
signed by Russel Vogelsong himself.

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St clair dolphin
joe st clair dolphin
ST. Clair (operated by Joe St. Clair) Dophin Covered Dish first appeared in 1967. St.
Clair had a copy made of an original Greentown mold, but a tooth broke off. Their
version only has 19 teeth rather than Greentown's 20: 9 on one side, 10 on the
other. # of teeth is a quick identifier. St. Clair rear tail fins are larger and sit lower
to surfaces than the originals. The fish finial is wider than Greentown. Both
dolphins have deep body cavities into the tail. Both have smooth lids. Overall,
Greentown presents better details. After 1970, the Dolphins were marked ST
CLAIR. Dolphin productions ended by 1971 when Joe St Clair sold his company and
productions resumed again in 1974 when he began his new company, Joe St.
Clair's Art Glass Company. These new Dolphins were marked JOE ST CLAIR in block
or script style and were produced through 1977. In 1978, the mold was sold to Russ
Vogelsong. All St. Clair Dolphins were sawtooth. St. Clair did not produce beaded
rim. Early Dolphins unmarked, later marked ST. CLAIR in a ring inside body cavity.
Later Dolphins, 1974 through 1977 marked Joe St. Clair inside body cavity.
7 1/2" long.
Reproduced by Russ Vogelsong of Summit Art Glass. Vogelsong purchased the
Dolphin mold from Joe St. Clair in 1978. Most are marked V in a ring but some
are unmarked. Made in sawtooth rim with 19 teeth. Also made in beaded rim.
Deep cavity to tail. Large rear tail fin. Smooth lid. Summit colors make good
identifiers when unmarked.
ST. CLAIR COLORS:
Marigold Carnival* (limited quantity) 1967
Crystal 1970
Dark Amethyst, almost Black 1970
Chocolate 1970
This Chocolate glass was not successful.
The bases did not take and the lids were
a very muddy color. Not many produced
JOE ST. CLAIR COLORS:
Chocolate Slag (odd looking slag, 1974
appears in shades of Blue and Brown)
Chocolate (great quality)
1974-'77
Cobalt Blue Carnival
1974-'77
Green Carnival
1974-'77
*Robert Hansen signed ONE Marigold Carnival...Signed by Robert in 1996

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ST CLAIR DOLPHIN
JOE ST CLAIR DOLPHIN
Joe St. Clair Cobalt Blue Carnival Photos by:
www.ebay.com/usr/fentonwoodandmore
I had no other examples to share. Cobalt Blue Carnival is the
most commonly found color in St. Clair and Joe St. Clair
Dolphins.

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St. Clair (operated by Joe St. Clair) Pony Covered Dish was produced
between 1962-1971 and did not mark the Pony with ST CLAIR until 1971,
their last year in business. In 1974, Joe opened a new glass company, Joe
St. Clair's Art Glass, and produced the Pony between 1974-1977. Joe St.
Clair acquired the Pony mold from a family named Ferguson. The
Fergusons produced their Pony in Indiana factories 1930's-1940's from an
original Mckee mold. I try not to speculate in this book, but I can only
assume the Ferguson Pony was unmarked and poured in White opaque
(milk glass). Otherwise, we would have recognized them by now. St. Clair
Ponies were made from an original Mckee mold. Beware of marriages. St.
Clair Ponies sit atop split ribbed bases, but are interchangeable with all 5
1/2" ACD bases. Joe St. Clair marks can be found inside the lid, inside the
lid rim or inside the base in block letter style: ST CLAIR in a ring, JOE ST
CLAIR in a ring, or JOE ST CLAIR . May be unmarked. 5 1/2" long.
Summit Art Glass reproduced the Pony in many colors, including Cobalt
Carnival, and Chocolate. Unmarked St. Clair Ponies in mutual colors can be
mistaken for unmarked Summit Ponies. They are identical. Russ Vogelsong
bought Pony mold from Joe St. Clair in 1978 and made them from 1980-2005.
ST. CLAIR COLORS: 1962-1971
Bronze colored Carnival
Cobalt Blue Carnival
1970 Chocolate (poor color quality)
JOE ST. CLAIR COLORS: 1974-1977
Bronze colored Carnival
Cobalt Blue Carnival
Chocolate
Green Carnival
St Clair pony
Joe St. Clair Pony
LEFT: REAR VIEW
RIGHT: FRONT VIEW
Photos by:
Lianne McNeil
Aundi Lastinger Stokes
Aundi Lastinger Stokes
Jane Hall

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ST CLAIR PONY
JOE ST. CLAIR PONY
Chocolate
Joe St. Clair, marked
Chocolate Photos by Jane Hall Spring Hill, Kansas
Jane Hall
Jane Hall
Jane Hall
Bronze Carnival
St. Clair, marked
Photos by
Cobalt Carnival J.S.C. marked
Aundi Lastinger Stokes Aundi Lastinger Stokes
Bronze Carnival, unmarked
Aundi Lastinger Stokes
Rays meet in center
Aundi Lastinger Stokes
Unmarked base
Aundi Lastinger Stokes

ST.CLAIR ROBIN
JOE ST. CLAIR ROBIN
St. Clair (operated by Joe St. Clair) Robin Covered Dish was produced
between 1967-1971 and did not mark the Robin with ST CLAIR until 1971,
their last year in business. In 1974, Joe opened a new glass company, Joe
St. Clair's Art Glass, and produced the Robin between 1974-1977. By
1962, Joe St Clair had a mold made to look like the original Greentown
Bird and Nest, but with a split ribbed base instead of diamond weave. St.
Clair Robins have good feather, twig and berry details. None are as nice
as Greentown, but St. Clair looked nice when the Chocolate (Brown Milk
Glass) was done well. It wasn't until 1974 that Joe St. Clair perfected his
Chocolate color. The early version was mottled and in uneven shades.
Early Chocolate St. Clair Robins were not successful and not many were
produced. The Robin sits atop a split ribbed base and is interchangeable
will all 5 1/2" ACD bases. Lid and rim are smooth. Berry is rough, showing
the seeds. Rays on the bottom of base meet in the center. Joe St. Clair
marks can be found inside the lid, inside the lid rim or inside the base in
block letter style: ST CLAIR in a ring, JOE ST CLAIR in a ring, or JOE ST
CLAIR. May be unmarked. 5 1/2" long.
Reproduced by Summit Art Glass in many colors. Unmarked St. Clair
Robins in mutual colors can be mistaken for unmarked Summit
Robins. They are identical. Russ Vogelsong bought the Robin mold
from Joe St. Clair in 1978 and made them between 1979-2005.
www.eBay.com/str/ Lid says JOE ST CLAIR
katsalluringtreasures Frank D. Sereno
ST. CLAIR COLORS:
1967-'71 Cobalt Blue Carnival
1970 Chocolate (Odd color)
JOE ST. CLAIR COLORS:
1974-'77 Cobalt Carnival
1974-'77 Chocolate
1974-'77 Blue Milk Glass
Carnival
1974-’77 Green Carnival
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ST CLAIR ROBIN
JOE ST. CLAIR ROBIN
Chocolate, marked
John
Berry closeup
John
Lid marked Joe St. Clair
John
John
Rays meet in center
John
Cobalt Carnival
Katie Shores & Jane Cox
Cobalt Carnival Base
Frank D. Sereno
3 Blue Milk Glass Carnival photos by:
www.ebay.com/str/katsalluringtreasures
www.ebay.com/str/
fentonwoodandmore

ST CLAIR ROBIN
JOE ST. CLAIR ROBIN
Green Carnival
photos courtesy of Jerry Miller
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st clair glass company
joe st. clair's art glass company
St. clair house of glass company
BIBLIOGRAPY: St. Clair/Joe St. Clair/St. Clair House of Glass:
Online: www.glassencyclopedia.com/StClairglass.html -HISTORY
Phone interview with nephew of Joe Rice, Joe Olson-HISTORY/DATES OF
ST. CLAIR LOGOS
Dealers letter: From Sharon Thoerner, 2005 Newsletter from Russ
Vogelsong to his glass dealers-FERGUSON PONY
Online: https://www.worthpoint.com -STUDIED PHOTOS
Online: https://www.ebay.com -STUDIED PHOTOS
Searched: Every St.Clair advertisement I could find showed no rabbits,
Searched: Every issue of Glass Review and Glass Collector’s Digest
including any sales posts from individuals showed no Rabbits
Correspondence with Joe Rice member of St. Clair family
Searched: All Sold Rabbits via Worthpoint and eBay... Quite Frankly, I did
extensive research to locate even ONE St. Clair Rabbit in existence-NO
ST. CLAIR RABBITS
Online: Hansen glass (ddoty.com)-SIGNED HANSEN
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Joe Olson
Joe Rice
Sharon Thoerner
ALL photo contributors