Bubble glass platter?

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

Hi all -- I've always been curious about this platter that was purchased at an antiques store as a gift to me. It's a very unusual shape... almost square, at 13"+ width and 13" diagonal. It's very heavy. I love it -- it's my favorite cookie plate.

There aren't any seams that are obvious to me -- those white-ish "lines" below each of the largest bubbles appear to be wear-points. I've always thought of it as my bubble glass platter, so did a search based on that and found that Anchor-Hocking made bubble plates. None looked like this though.

Any thoughts?

Sorry these photos are dark and somewhat unflattering:

Here's a prettier photo. :)

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Fori

5 years ago

http://www.ndga.net/rainbow/1974/74rrg06a.php

Is this it?

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Fori
5 years ago
Neat! It's like Candlewick but better!
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lindac92
5 years ago
I believe it might be Boopie a pattern made by anchor Hocking in the 60's Not as good quality as Candlewick which i believe inspired it but cute.
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party_music50
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you, Fori and Linda! I’ve never heard of candlewick or boopie, so I need to do a lot of searching. I’m such a sucker for pretty glass! :)
lindac92
5 years ago
May not be Boopie....can't find that exact dish....but it's similar and I am pretty sure of the preriod.
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-60s-Boopie-Divided-Glass-Dish-5e96016e67bd91700d56b675
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party_music50
Original Author
5 years ago
Wow, Linda, I'd say that divided dish is an exact pattern match! However, none of the Boopie glass I found on-line had beads that were graduated in size like on my platter, so I'm not convinced that divided dish is Boopie.

I did a lot of on-line searching last night and found a list of 10 US glass manufacturers from the early/mid 20th century. I attempted to search for bubble glass patterns from each of them... I found the Imperial Glass Co 'Candlewick', the Anchor-Hocking 'Boopie' (and earlier 'Berwick'), and the Federal Glass 'Columbia'. Of those, only the Columbia pattern had "beads" that were graduated in size, but the pattern was nothing like mine. The dish you found above is a perfect match, if you ask me. Puzzling....
lindac92
5 years ago
It could be Boopie but in a fairly rare form that we didn't find pictured....maybe...
Does it have a polished foot?
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party_music50
Original Author
5 years ago
o m g. I cannot believe it -- you found my very plate, Fori!!!! It seems to be listed as '13" Handled Plate' and I think the price says $5.75? This is awesome -- 'Teardrop' is such a pretty name for it. Thank you so much, ladies, and extra kudos to Fori! I don't know how you found it. That's simply amazing... :)
lindac92
5 years ago
Great sleuthing...