- Westmoreland Specialty Co. Rooster & Hen Set in Blue and White Milk Glass, 19th Century
Westmoreland Specialty Co. Rooster & Hen Set in Blue and White Milk Glass, 19th Century
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$240.00
$240.00
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These two birds have so much pluck you'll expect them to, well, cluck. With incredibly fine detail (down to each tiny feather being lovingly wrought), they have enough charm to win the heart of even a staunch modernist. Intended as a matched set when they were made well over a century ago — yet rarely found in this condition together today — we offer them as a pair.
DETAILS: Westmoreland Specialty Company is the predecessor of the better know Westmoreland Glass, and they are one of the originators of this pattern of chicken covered dishes. These two were made to be a matched set that held mustard and are originals circa 1890-1900, not reproductions. They have no manufacturers mark (and should not) but they each have interior single digit numbers consistent with that dating. Westmoreland glass later made these dishes in a huge array of colors in slightly edited and redesigned format (for example, the crosshatch shape on the bottom of the hen has a flatter, less curved shape in the later dishes). The hen in this set is 5.5" long by 4.25" wide, and about 4.5" tall. The rooster is similar at 5.5" long by 4" wide by 4.5" tall.
CONDITION: Excellent condition for glassware of this age: the only discernible flaws are very minor flakes to the interior rims of the bases (you can see them in the last picture) — which is common in utilitarian pieces. The exteriors are not chipped or cracked, and the beaks are not blunted. There are various steaks of darker glass, extra knobs of glass along mold seams and color inconsistencies, all of which are not only expected but necessary to identify this as mass-market 19th century consumer glass. This pair came from a large collection of original milk glass and still had traces of mustard (which were lost when cleaned as they were simply too dusty to leave as is).
STYLE NOTES: Country, Victorian, Cottage Chic, Traditional
SHIPPING: The price includes shipping and insurance to the continental US. Please contact us if you'd like to inquire about shipping elsewhere.
DETAILS: Westmoreland Specialty Company is the predecessor of the better know Westmoreland Glass, and they are one of the originators of this pattern of chicken covered dishes. These two were made to be a matched set that held mustard and are originals circa 1890-1900, not reproductions. They have no manufacturers mark (and should not) but they each have interior single digit numbers consistent with that dating. Westmoreland glass later made these dishes in a huge array of colors in slightly edited and redesigned format (for example, the crosshatch shape on the bottom of the hen has a flatter, less curved shape in the later dishes). The hen in this set is 5.5" long by 4.25" wide, and about 4.5" tall. The rooster is similar at 5.5" long by 4" wide by 4.5" tall.
CONDITION: Excellent condition for glassware of this age: the only discernible flaws are very minor flakes to the interior rims of the bases (you can see them in the last picture) — which is common in utilitarian pieces. The exteriors are not chipped or cracked, and the beaks are not blunted. There are various steaks of darker glass, extra knobs of glass along mold seams and color inconsistencies, all of which are not only expected but necessary to identify this as mass-market 19th century consumer glass. This pair came from a large collection of original milk glass and still had traces of mustard (which were lost when cleaned as they were simply too dusty to leave as is).
STYLE NOTES: Country, Victorian, Cottage Chic, Traditional
SHIPPING: The price includes shipping and insurance to the continental US. Please contact us if you'd like to inquire about shipping elsewhere.
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