$30
Dorothy Thorpe style mid-century glass punch bowl with ten roly poly style cups and caddy; bowl and cups feature a decorative wide silver band around top edge; bowl measures approximately 6-3/4" tall and 11-1/4" in diameter; cups each measure approximately 2-3/8" tall and 2-1/2" in diameter; caddy measures approximately 8" tall and 15-1/4" in diameter; apparently unsigned; in Good condition, consistent with age and use.Born in Salt Lake City in 1901, Dorothy Thorpe was a mid-century American artist who designed beautiful glassware and ceramic pieces out of her Los Angeles studio. Like many of her mid-century contemporaries, such as Georges Briard and Fred Press, she was a designer, not a manufacturer, of glassware. She purchased simple blank glassware, mostly crystal, from U.S. and European manufacturers and decorated them with her personal designs.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-10-22
