In 1933, with the Great Depression at its height, consumers were on the hunt for affordable kitchen and dishwares. Pennsylvania&#x27;s McKee Glass Company added green scrap glass to its opaque formula, producing an inexpensive product with a novel color that satisfied that demand. Following suit, Jeannette Glass began producing what they coined &quot;Jadite.&quot; In 1942, Anchor Hocking copied the look with their Fire-King line of &quot;Jade-ite.&quot;