A vintage white milk glass square lidded candy dish with grape motifs by Westmoreland.

Westmoreland Glass Company manufactured decorative glassware in Grapeville, Pennsylvania, starting in the late nineteenth century. These opaque white glass items, commonly known as milk glass, were produced in large quantities throughout the mid-twentieth century for everyday home use and display. They were created by pressing molten glass into detailed metal molds that produced high-relief patterns such as grapes, leaves, and beaded edges.

Homemakers placed these decorative covered dishes on living room coffee tables, sideboards, and bedroom vanities to hold candies, nuts, or small trinkets. As dining and interior decorating habits shifted toward simpler, modern aesthetics in the later decades, the demand for ornate pressed glass declined. Production eventually ceased when the company closed its factory, leaving these decorative containers as nostalgic mementos of mid-century domestic life.