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American Brilliant Period cut glass bowl or candy dish Libbey? unusual shape

$ 52.27

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Object Type: Dish/Bowl
  • Glassware Category: AMERICAN BRILLIANT
  • Color: Clear
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Type of Glass: Cut Glass
  • Glassmaking Technique: Hand Blown

    Description

    19th Century
    American Brilliant Period (ABP)
    cut glass bowl or candy dish
    Libbey flat star design
    Victorian / Edwardian ?
    9” x 7.5” x 2.75”
    oval
    saw toothed edge
    scalloped rim
    deep cut
    I’m closing up my 87 year old, electrical engineer, father’s house. This is one of several cut glass pieces that belonged to his mother (my grandmother) that we used on Thanksgiving & Christmas and then put away for the rest of the year.
    I don’t know anything about cut glass but I’ve read a few paragraphs on the internet so now I think I’m an expert…. ahem… please tell me if I get anything correct.
    The American Cut Glass Association web site shows a Libbey (or Anderson) flat star center that looks just like the center of this dish. However, after scrolling through many many photos of cut glass on various sites trying to find one that looks like this one, I found a dealer on ebay who sold a dish that look very much like this one and he said it was signed Bergen. I don’t see any signature or marks on my dish so although it looks a lot like the Bergen I’m inclined to say it’s a Libbey due to the star design in the bottom.
    I don’t see anything wrong with it. No broken bits, chips, cracks, repairs, leftover cranberry sauce, or alien dna. But I don’t know anything about glass so…. Look at the photos please.
    No handling charge. Buyer pays actual shipping costs in the continental US.
    I only ship once a week. Please do not expect this to arrive tomorrow. Particularly since the post office has gotten very erratic (and so have I).
    International bidders will pay actual shipping costs which are shockingly, staggeringly, prohibitively expensive.