{"id":5213,"date":"2019-08-25T08:16:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T12:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=5213"},"modified":"2019-08-25T08:16:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T12:16:56","slug":"imperial-glass-line-160-cape-cod-relish-with-silver-overlay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=5213","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Glass Line 160 – Cape Cod Relish with Silver Overlay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I went to an auction at McGregors<\/a> recently and picked up a few lots.\u00a0 I had seen this relish dish a number of times and always thought “Meh!”\u00a0 But the silver overlay caught my eye.\u00a0 I like oak trees and as a kid thought that finding an acorn was something to be celebrated.\u00a0 Mostly maples near my childhood home.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t figure out who had made it so I turned to the Facebook group – Vintage Glass Identification<\/a> for help.\u00a0 This is a great group of folks and I very often get an ID when I am stumped.\u00a0 I had the answer very quickly.<\/p>\n

Collectors Weekly had a little bit of information on this line in the article Vintage Imperial Glass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Around the same time as the introduction of Candlewick, Imperial began producing\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a line that would become almost as successful\u2014Cape Cod. Newton secured a deal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 with Quaker Oats to distribute No. 160 in the Cape Cod line as giveaway items\u2014\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 many of these pieces are highly desirable today.”<\/p>\n

There appears to have been quite a number of items produced in the line and you can find some of the patents in the gallery of the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum<\/a>.\u00a0 Looks like the pieces were produced in the 1930s-1950s.<\/p>\n

I think that the silver overlay could be the work of Lotus Glass.\u00a0 This 2007 article<\/a> by Barbara Wyrick in the references the name “Acorn and Oak Leaf” pattern by Lotus.\u00a0 I can’t seem to find online images so I have purchased the book Lotus: Depression Glass And Far Beyond\u00a0<\/em>by Dean Six to see if I can verify the pattern.\u00a0 The book hasn’t yet arrived but I am looking forward to seeing the pretty patterns by Lotus.\u00a0 I have a number of pieces with overlay that I haven’t been able to attribute and maybe this reference guide will help.<\/p>\n

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