Photograph
No. 029 · Glass & crystal
Black swan bowl on silver stand
Opaque black glass swan with a gilt beak, resting in a wire-work silverplate basket.
$95
Buy it nowAsk about this pieceThe only one we have. Once it sells it comes off the shop and stays in the archive.
- Period
- Mid 20th century
- Measures
- 9 in. across the basket
- Condition
- Plate worn at the high points of the basket. Glass perfect.
- Provenance
- A private estate, Northern Virginia
History
Swan dishes were a standing form in American pressed glass from the 1930s onward, made for sweets and calling cards. The black ones were always the least common.
Collection & delivery
Collect in person by arrangement, or have it carried in across Great Falls, McLean, Potomac, Washington DC and the surrounding areas. Anything outside that, ask — it usually can be done. How delivery works.
