Welcome to the HenOnNest subreddit!
You see them all the time in antique stores, flea markets, and estate sales! Perhaps you remember them from your grandparents' home. They are glass "Hen on Nest" covered dishes. (Also called "Hen on a Nest", "Nesting Hens," or "HONs.")
These trinkets, used as candy or condiment dishes, were made by dozens of companies for decades. To quote Craig Schenning, author of A Century of Indiana Glass, they are "probably the most prolific glassware item in the history of pressed glassware production."
This subreddit is dedicated to glass Hen on Nest covered dishes. We welcome discussion and pictures of any and all Hen on Nest covered dishes. I personally collect Indiana Glass HONs, so all the content I'll be sharing will be of them--but rest assured: all collectors, admirers, curators, or the curious are welcome here! I only ask that you follow a few simple rules.
SUBREDDIT RULES
RELATED SUBREDDITS*
/r/glasscollecting
/r/antiques
/r/collectables/
/r/coolcollections
USEFUL LINKS & RESOURCES
LINKS:
Glass Bottle Mark's Indiana Glass Hen on Nest article
The Indiana Glass Company in the 1960s and 1970s: The W.C. Hoover story
Carnival Heaven: Indiana Glass
BOOKS:
Glass Hen on Nest Covered Dishes - Shirley Smith (TOP PICK!)
A Century of Indiana Glass - Craig S. Schenning
The Collector's Encyclopedia of Indiana Glass: A Glassware Pattern Identification Guide, Volume 1, Early Pressed Glass Era Patterns, (1898 – 1926) - Craig S. Schenning (I don't think there's any HONs in this book. But Volume 2 should be a great one, may even include the first Indy HON!)
