The Erie Canal Trading emporium presents ********  westmoreland glass from the roaring twenties RARE 80 - 85 YEAR OLD GLASS TREASURES The majority of these lovely items appear in the 1924 and 1926 catalogs. The immense variety of hand paintings, wheel cut designs and casings could never be done today without an incredibly expensive product as an end result due to the labor intensive work these processes involved. ******** Here is a gorgeous Westmoreland Glass 4 piece console set from the mid 1920’s featuring a #1865 Bell Bowl, a pair of #1042 Candlesticks and a #1031 base. The Cased color, as far as I could deduce from my reference materials is either Lavender, Lilac or Mauve, all colors available at that time and all seemingly somewhat similar. The #1865 bowl measures 9-¾” in diameter and by itself, stands 4” tall. It was produced with 2 different feet. This one has a knobbed foot with a short indented ankle. The stand for the bowl measures 3-½” in diameter and is 1-¼” tall. The candlesticks are 9-¾” tall with a base diameter of 5-5/8”. The entire set is in remarkably excellent condition. No chips, cracks, nicks or flea bites. The lavender color is intact throughout, no scratching or wear. The gold trim is in excellent condition, very little wear anywhere. It’s truly beautiful and truly remarkable that a complete set could travel through time 85 years and still look nearly as it did when it was manufactured. ************************   cased glass Casing was a process of taking various elements (glass dust, oil, pigmentation) and coating the piece, usually just the outside if hand painting is to be added, then firing those elements so that they and the clear glass become one colored piece. It is encased. It gives a dimensional effect, for when a bowl or compote is viewed from above, any hand painted decorations on the inside clear glass seem to float on the surface with the color layer below. ************************   If you have any question about anything, please don't hesitate to email us. ************************ We know shipping costs these days can add considerably to an items cost. We are more than happy to combine shipping of multiple purchases to give you the best shipping rate possible.  Items will be packed with the utmost care to ensure safe arrival to their destinations. We will ship anywhere on Planet Earth.  Use the handy postage calculator in our listings to figure shipping costs to your home. Please check out our other eBay listings in our Store and Auctions for more wonderful items that may interest you. Thank you very much for looking and have a great day! ******************   Join the Erie Canal Trading Emporium on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Erie-Canal-Trading-Emporium/351770484041 And on Blogspot at http://eriecanaltradingemporium.blogspot.com to view fascinating items, past and present that have come through the Emporium or are currently for sale. ******************    Sign up for PayPal; the fast, easy, and secure way to pay online. Be sure to add me to your favorites list!

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