I swear I will not buy any more servers until I sell or give away some.  Although they are gorgeous, and useful, they are hard to store because of the handles.  At least you can stack plates and ‘handle-free’ platters/trays.

However, the yellow paint makes this a very cheerful piece.

My new monograph –  A Guide to Identification of Glass Center Handle Servers by Inez J. Austin from the The Museum of American Glass in West Virginia was my initial source for identifying the company that made this server.  Indiana – 607 I believe. The author described the decorations as being two fists and I could see this on my piece.

I went to the Indiana Glass-Carnival Heaven website to read up on this server.  This is what I found:

“Indiana Glass pattern #607 was known as Double Fleur de Lis.  This pattern was introduced in the early 1930s and made in crystal and etched crystal.

Indiana Glass reissued the pattern in the 1980s.  It was sold through Tiara and the pattern was then called Dutchess.  The reissued pieces were not etched.”

I initially thought that my piece was one of the reissues since it was not etched and had been handpainted.  But then I wondered.  In the 1980s, were these types of pieces still being handpainted?  I see a similar piece identified in the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia database with the earlier date, so I now believe that this was earlier twentieth century rather than later.  But of course I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong.

If you are interested in Tiara, someone has written an ebay guide that describes the company’s operation and its relationship to Indiana Glass.