In a time when more and more colored pieces are being proven to be foreign, it’s nice to find one that you can feel almost certain is American. This bowl is in a pattern very similar to Bergen’s Bedford pattern.
The bowl features an 18-point hobstar engulfed in a hexagon of green. Surrounding this central hobstar are 6 hobstars divided by two panels of vertical notched prism. The edge of the bowl is finished with a very unusual inverted fan motif.
The green on this bowl is very vibrant and not weak like many of the other green pieces I’ve come across. It is in perfect conditon with no chips of flakes. The bowl measures 8” in diameter and 4” tall and has a wonderful wood wheel polish. Again, colored pieces are the most popular and valuable item in cut glass – very few American pieces exist!
While I’m fairly certain this piece was not cut by Libbey, it is setup up in a manner that is extremely similar to their Aztec pattern.
The central square hobstar is surrounded by four loops of vesicas. These vesica are composed of crosshatching which meet a field of hobnail. The vesicas are filled with cane. 3- bands of hobstar, notch prism and fans also shoot forth from the center of the bowl.
This low bowl is in excellent condition but does have a few tiny rough spots around the rim. The piece measures 8″ wide and 2″ tall.
I have only seen this pattern on one other occasion and it was on a beautiful bowling pin vase. The quality of glass is of the finest clarity and exhibits all of the difficult clear tusks masterfully.
The pattern is made up of 6 large, clear tusks traced in loops of notched cutting. Radiating from the notching is fine feathering cutting that almost resembles a flame. The center of the bowl has a well cut pinwheel as do all of the recessions between the loops of tusk.
The bowl is in nearly perfect condition with one tiny chip to the notched cutting, toward the base of the bowl. This piece measures 8 1/4″ wide and 3 1/4″ tall and is on of the nicest blanks.
