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The Anchor Hocking 1930s uranium green “Block Optic” pattern Depression glass bread plates/saucers were produced by Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation from 1929-1933, featuring the distinctive geometric Block Optic pattern with horizontal and vertical ribs in uranium glass (vaseline glass) that glows yellow-green under UV light, representing Depression-era innovation when trace uranium oxide was used to create this characteristic color in affordable pressed glass that brought Art Deco elegance to American tables during economic hardship before uranium was restricted for military use during World War II.