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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Fruit Bowl With Underplate
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Fruit Bowl With Underplate

Artist Dorothy C. Thorpe (American, 1901-1989)
Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1920s-1930s
MediumBlown glass | Pressed glass | Enamel
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 x 4 x 8 1/8 in. (14.3 x 10.2 x 20.6 cm)
InscribedMark on bottom of bowl is sandblasted monogram of Dorothy C. Thorpe, decorator: "DTC".
Credit LineGift of Ms. Margaret J. Perritt
Object number92.1
Not on view
DescriptionThe thickly enameled decoration consists of large pink roses and mint-green foliage on brown brances arranged in asymmetrical sprays on colorless glass with a fine gold fleck. The bowl is mechanically blown with baluster stem and slightly domed foot. The underplate is pressed glass, unmarked.

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Dorothy C. Thorpe
ca. 1940s-50s
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Dorothy C. Thorpe
ca. 1935
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Dorothy C. Thorpe
ca. 1932
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Giampaolo Seguso
1995
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Flavio Poli
circa 1957
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Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1768
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Unknown
early 20th century
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Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1921
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Unknown
ca. 17th - early 18th century