CAMBRIDGE GLASS BLUE CAPRICE STERLING SILVER OVERLAY BUTTERFLIES 103 12” CELERY

Description

CAMBRIDGE GLASS BLUE CAPRICE STERLING SILVER OVERLAY BUTTERFLIES 103 12” CELERY
This piece was made by the Cambridge Glass Company, formerly of Cambridge, Ohio and is part of their Caprice pattern line.
This is a gorgeous piece of high quality hand-made and American made pressed elegant glass.
It is made in a pale blue colored glass that Cambridge named “Moonlight Blue” and is decorated with sterling silver overlay that features “lilies” and butterflies.
As evidence of the high quality of this piece it has been factory ground and polished on the underside of the foot to help assure it sits level.
The silver decoration is clearly marked “STERLING” in the pattern.
I did give a bit of a polish to the sterling to show what it does look like when polished. I am confident the sterling will polish up somewhat better if you desire to do that.
Specifically, this is the Cambridge Glass Caprice Pattern # 103 12 in. Celery dish. This piece is pictured on Page 122 of the book
Cambridge Caprice
edited by Mark Nye for the National Cambridge Collectors Inc.
According to this book this piece was produced by Cambridge Glass during the period from 1936 to 1945.
This piece has been in my personal collection since 2000.
I am in the process of selling off this collection that at one time consisted of over 600 unique pieces of Caprice. This particular piece is not an easy piece to find and would be even more rare with the sterling silver overlay decoration.
A beautiful and rare piece of elegant glass!
There is a very interesting article on silver overlay written by Barbara Wyrick for the August 2007 (Issue # 409)
Crystal Ball
newsletter of the National Cambridge Collectors, Inc.
It is online and you can find it by searching under the key words “Cambridge caprice sterling overlay”.
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Age and Condition
The piece dates to circa 1936-1945.
It is in excellent to mint original condition.
Please look closely at the photos as they are an important part of my description of this item.
There are no chips, flea bites, cracks, hairlines or repairs to the glass.
Only some tarnish to the silver.
I see no areas of loss to the silver decoration and it all seems firmly attached to me.
There are only some very light signs of wear to the underside where the piece sits; which is exactly what I would expect to see on a piece of glass of this age.
The relish rocks ever so slightly on a hard flat surface.
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Please note: if you see a dark spot in the photos it is from my camera and is not a mark on the piece.
It will be either just to the right of center towards the bottom or slightly above center on the right side of the photo.
Approximate Dimensions
About 12.875” (32.7 cm) long by about 5.75” (14.6 cm) wide and sits about 2.25” (5.7 cm) off the table at the handles.
Approximate Weight
About 1 pound 11.625 ounces (783 grams).
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