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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GaleriaGila, post: 84467, member: 993&quot;]I was intending to post this, but inadvertently solved the mystery myself.&nbsp; Don suggested I post anyway...</p><p><br /></p><p>All I knew when unwrapping this thing was that my ol&#039; man said it was bought in Amarillo, Texas, by somebody on his mother&#039;s side a long time ago. It measures about 8 inches by 8 inches. No marks I could find. I posted pictures above and asked for help. While gathering the paper and box for the rubbish can, something tumbled out.</p><p><br /></p><p>A hand-written note (by his mother) identified the piece as &quot;John B. Higbee Glass Co. de Pensylvainia [as written!] recib&#039;d de Juanita Vasquez, West 6th Street, Amarillo, Texas. Delta Glass, Thistle&quot;. I took that stuff and Googled it, and found examples of the exact dish. The Higbee Company morphed a few times before closing out in the 1960s... I didn&#039;t follow up much because I already had my answer. This compote is the &quot;Paneled Thistle by Delta&quot;, mailed and shipped sometime around 1905, which matches the generation of the great-aunt named in the note. I found it valued between 25 and 50 dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully that all sounds credible?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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