Plate, Salad

Object Name:

Plate, Salad

Object ID:

2010.024.03.2

Creator:

Federal Glass Company

Place of Origin:

Columbus, OH

Date:

1933-1939

Description:

Salad plate, glass, one of nine, part of a dinner service for twelve (87 pieces) collected by Alice Champagne of Auburn, NH, while attending movies at the Rex Theatre in Manchester, NH, in 1946-1947. Manufactured by Federal Glass Company, Columbus, OH, 1933-1939. Pressed glass in Normandie pattern. Iridescent amber ("Sunburst") color. Scalloped rim. Mold-etched floral and lattice pattern in relief on reverse.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-0.5 Dia-6 inches

Provenance:

The 87 pieces of the dinner service were premiums collected in 1946 and 1947 by Alice Champagne of Auburn, NH, and her granddaugher, Carmen Akins Cardoza of Manchester, NH, while attending Saturday afternoon matinees at the Rex Theatre in Manchester.

Normandie pattern glassware, also popularly known as "Bouquet and Lattice," was manufactured from 1933 to 1939 by the Federal Glass Company of Columbus, OH. The company made inexpensive pressed and mold-etched patterns in glass during the Great Depression. The company closed in 1980. A limited amount of Normandie was made in the "Sunburst," an imitation carnival glass, created by spraying iridescent amber onto patterned crystal ware and then firing it. Most of the Normandie pattern ware was produced in pink, amber, green, and crystal. Large amounts of Normandie in the Sunburst color were sold to the Great Northern Products Company for distribution as premiums at theaters.

Credit Line:

Gift of Carmen Akins Cardoza

People:

Champagne, Alice

Subjects:

Glassware, Theatergoers, Theaters, Movie theaters, Moviegoers