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Amethyst Glass, Art Glass, Cambridge, Chromium, Coloured Glass, Compote, Farber Bros., Krome Kraft, Nude
I used to own a Cambridge Crown Tuscan Compote with the sea shell bowl and the nude statuesque lady stem. I’ve recently bought cocktail glasses, and I am excited to see them arrive.
The stand of this piece is chromium. It was made by Farbers Bros. of New York, between 1939-1955. The stem closely resembles the work of Cambridge and its statuesque line. Farber Bros’ chrome line was called Krome-Kraft. A key feature of the Krome-Kraft line was the patented snap-in/snap-off feature of the inserts. They all come out. I am guessing htis was to clean the glass without getting the chrome wet all the time.
The glass insert was made by Cambridge Glass Company of Cambridge, Ohio.
I don’t know anything about Art Deco, but this reminds me of a piece of that design (don’t really know why).
Interesting piece.