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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4296198, member: 111"]Welcome to the forums.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a late 19th century fruit/berry dish/bowl/basket - the popular 'bride's basket' name, used for silver and silverplate basket form pieces, with and without glass inserts, intended for cake, fruit, bon-bons, flowers, etc., is a 20th century term coming from the popularity of the items as wedding gifts, and if selling, it's certainly a good keyword. Believe the earliest I've run across an item actually described by a manufacturer as a 'bride's basket' was from the 1910s, and was a pierced silver flower basket intended for use at a wedding.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just as a note, if your images are too big, would be better to resize them rather than crop out features like the handle (and noting the size of your item is often helpful). The glass was often imported from Bohemia, though English and American made glass was also used...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is from a circa 1900 Wilcox catalog:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]346937[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From an 1897 retailer's catalog, makers unknown, though Wilcox was one of their suppliers:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]346938[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From an 1889 retailer's catalog, maker unknown:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]346939[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From an 1894 Pairpoint catalog, described as berry dishes, American glass:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]346941[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4296198, member: 111"]Welcome to the forums. This is a late 19th century fruit/berry dish/bowl/basket - the popular 'bride's basket' name, used for silver and silverplate basket form pieces, with and without glass inserts, intended for cake, fruit, bon-bons, flowers, etc., is a 20th century term coming from the popularity of the items as wedding gifts, and if selling, it's certainly a good keyword. Believe the earliest I've run across an item actually described by a manufacturer as a 'bride's basket' was from the 1910s, and was a pierced silver flower basket intended for use at a wedding. Just as a note, if your images are too big, would be better to resize them rather than crop out features like the handle (and noting the size of your item is often helpful). The glass was often imported from Bohemia, though English and American made glass was also used... This is from a circa 1900 Wilcox catalog: [ATTACH=full]346937[/ATTACH] From an 1897 retailer's catalog, makers unknown, though Wilcox was one of their suppliers: [ATTACH=full]346938[/ATTACH] From an 1889 retailer's catalog, maker unknown: [ATTACH=full]346939[/ATTACH] From an 1894 Pairpoint catalog, described as berry dishes, American glass: [ATTACH=full]346941[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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