VINTAGE! ATTERBURY MILK GLASS RABBIT DISH w/PATENT MARK

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VINTAGE! ATTERBURY MILK GLASS RABBIT DISH w/PATENT MARK

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Sold Date: 03/24/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Glass

~~~~~~~~ VINTAGE! ATTERBURY WHITE MILK GLASS "CROUCHING HARE / RABBIT" COVERED DISH ~~~~~~~~

MARKED: "PAT D MARCH 9--1886" - FINELY DETAILED AND CRAFTED IN AMERICA

This beautiful milk glass rabbit lived it's entire life in one home in my neighborhood. I purchased it at the estate sale after the passing of a 96 year old friend of my mother's. This lady had lived her entire life in the same house with her parents, and her grandparents before. Even after her marriage she and her new husband stayed in the house with her parents. This glass dish probably belonged to her grandparents and was handed down from one to another. Her only heir was one grand daughter, who despised anything "old" so it was a marvelous estate sale!

The Atterbury Glass Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania produced this Beautiful Figural Covered Dish featuring a "Crouching Hare / Rabbit". The form of this hare/rabbit reminds me greatly of a beautiful drawing of a hare crouching in the grass, by Albrecht Durer, a German artist during the Middle Ages. It is possible that Durer's drawing may have been the inspiration for the Atterbury artist. At any rate he had a fine eye for detail and realism. The Atterbury Glass Company was created by brothers, James and Thomas Atterbury and a brother-in-law, around 1860 in Pittsburgh. Thomas was well known for the many patents he was granted for his numerous inventions related to lighting devices.

This dish has a patent date of 1886 but this does not tell us actually when this particular item was manufactured. I am not very knowledgeable in the glassware field but I would think that this item was made within 25 or so years of the patent date. If anyone could provide me with more information on this I would be grateful. The glass itself is heavy, finely-formed, and translucent in light. The fine, thin glass around the edges of the dish almost have an opalescent look in the light. The entire surface of the dish has the naturalistic look and texture of the animals fur, and the realistic life-size body shape of the animal.

MARKS: MARKED: "PAT D MARCH 9--1886" this mark stands in relief on the bottom of the dish.

CONDITION: Obviously, the original glass eyes are missing. T are no major cracks or breakage. T are 5 or 6 very fine hairlines that lie horizontally across the rim of the dish (mostly on the top half). These are not the result of damage, but appear to be due to stresses within the glass itself. These fine hairlines do not extend down into the wall of the dish at any point. T are a number of chips around the rim and edges on both halves, but again mostly on the top half. I have indicated most of these with the red arrows in my photos.

TOP HALF: The largest chip is a section of the raised rim that has broken off in the mouth area inside the top half (see photo). T is one more chip on the inside edge of this rim (near the ear area) inside the top half. T are several fleabites and chips less than 1/4" in size, along the outer edge of this half of the dish. These are not readily visible because they blend into the fur and form of the animal.

BOTTOM HALF: T are 3 noticeable chips on the top edge of the rim on this half of the dish. Only one of these extends beyond the rim into the outside edge of the dish. This is on the left side near the rabbits tail. The others are not visible when the two halves are in place.

Note: This item comes from a NON-SMOKING HOUSEHOLD .

SIZE: Length: 9 1/2" (including the tail) / Height: 4" (the back of the rabbit) / 4" wide at the widest point

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