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Orange Cooperative / Co-operative Flint Center Handle Bon Bon / Bonbon

08 Wednesday Mar 2017

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Isn’t this a cheerful looking dish?  Although I took the photo in the sunshine to show off the colour, it really is as bright as it appears.

I am fairly comfortable that this is the correct ID on this piece, but of course am open to being corrected.

I used my book, “A Guide to Identification of Glass Center Handle Servers, monograph number 67 in the glass study series of The West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd.” by Inez J. Austin.

As I have indicated in the past, this is a great guide.  Very handly for identifying all those pretty pieces.

On another note….I visited the West Virginia Museum of American Glass last summer and I don’t think I posted any photos.  It was a fantastic visit, so much beautiful glass to see and well worth a visit.

 

Co-operative Flint Glass Bon Bon Plate / Server

17 Saturday Sep 2016

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small-blue-centre-handle-server-5I used my recently acquired resource on center handle servers to identify this little server.  This is the first piece that I knowingly own from this company.

A quick search across the Internet brought up this information from Glassian.

Co-operative Flint Glass Company, Limited logo

Location:

  • Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Timeline:

  • 1869 – Opens as “Beaver Falls Co-operative Flint Glass Co. “
  • 1889 – Name change to “Co-operative Flint Glass Co.”
  • 1937 – Closed

History:

  • “This firm started out as the Beaver Falls Co-operative Flint Glass Co. in 1869, later changing their name (in 1889) to Co-operative Flint Glass Co. The firm operated until 1937, closing due to the economic depression.” —Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc.

 

Glassian is an interesting site that I have never perused.  Lots on information on insulators and vault lights.

This little server has pretty details.  It has blue paint, gold trim and wheel cut decorations.