...once wafted up from this large (over 1 foot U.S.) fruit stand/compote/centerpiece. Made in the height of the Aesthetic Movement in the 1880s, this piece has a quadruple-plated repousse base from the Derby Silver Co. I took a shot of the hallmark, but it's not too clear. I believe that the glass bowl, complete with coraline decorations, is by Thomas Webb & Sons. Whether this is a "marriage," or if Derby contracted with Webb to provide glass bowls for their products, this particular bowl fits like a glove into the top of the stand. Please let me know if you have anything to add, or can find a similar one. Cheers!
As I’m sure you know, best way to determine whether a marriage in this case is to compare base of bowl to the top of the silver receptacle it is fitting into, should be a match of shapes to fit snugly. If it lines up and fits snugly, then either original or someone spent a lot of time finding a compatible bowl.
Gorgeous! And the two manufacturers may well have worked together to produce such pieces. I love the color combo!
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1677239773/victorian-fruit-brides-basket-bowl WOW!!! $4,800.00 Victorian FRUIT BRIDES BASKET Bowl Coraline Cased Mt Washington Thomas Webb green satin ruffled Pairpoint Silver Holder
Eh, the 'bride's basket' term came about because cake and/or fruit baskets (which have handles), and made both with and without glass inserts, were popular wedding gifts - can only say that in all my years of poring through period ads and catalogs, believe the earliest I've seen 'bride's baskets' mentioned is the 1910s and they were tall slender pieces intended for flower arrangements. It's become so common to call various pieces 'bride's baskets', regardless of their form, with or without handles, with or without glass inserts, that few people care what they were actually designed for. While American silver manufacturers might have procured their glass inserts from various sources, believe most were either American or Bohemian - personally, would think this coralene bowl is much more likely Mount Washington (a prolific supplier to the trade) rather than Webb. Should mention that 'repoussé' is a technique involving hammering a relief design from the reverse... Here is your berry dish shown with a different bowl and different motifs on the bands in an 1883 Derby catalog, not necessarily an indication your bowl isn't original - the manufacturers offered variants in design elements, finishes and inserts: From Pickvet's 'Encyclopedia of Glass' (2001): ~Cheryl
Thanks @DragonflyWink Good work, and nice to have this information. I’m pleased to go with the Derby/Mt. Washington attribution. Hey, at least I didn’t call it a bride basket! If that $4K + evaluation earlier in the thread is even remotely applicable, then I’ll go up on the roof of my house and shout “score!” For all to hear. Because damn!! This may be my buy of the year at half that price!
OMG, what a beauty! That would not be a fit for my home, but I thank you that it is for yours. It's a treasure.
Not to mention that yours is waaay better than the one on Etsy. To ask that price, the seller should really have polished the metal base.
