Silver Baskets Double Fleur De Lis Footed Cake Plate

Isn’t this pretty?  At one time Silver City and Lotus Glass decorated all sorts of glass with silver designs like this.  People gave silver bedecked glass for wedding gifts and housewarmings, and of course bridge prizes.  The silver designs were pretty and stylish and made great gifts.

The glass companies could take the same piece, add a “Happy 25th” or “24th Anniverary” and poof!  The perfect anniversary present.  Silver decorated bowls, candle holders, trays, bells were easy for the recipient to display and made nice safe gifts.

A silver encrusted piece like this footed cake stand was different.  Someone might get it for a gift but it’s not the sort of thing the happy recipient could just leave out on the mantle and dust once a week.  Silver encrusted cake plate was made to be used, thus more suitable for a wedding gift than a silver anniversary present.

When I got this cake stand I thought the silver pattern was Portia from Cambridge Glass.  Portia has a basket or urn overflowing with flowers.  The silver design has a basket and flowers but the shape is different; it is not Portia.  I’ve a planter by my front porch like this (at least I will if it ever stops snowing!).

I don’t know who made the silver design but the footed cake plate itself is from Indiana Glass made about 1950.  The pattern is Double Fleur De Lis and Indiana made several really pretty pieces.  We have a Double Fleur De Lis cut console bowl in our store and at one time had a small condiment bowl and tray.  The design is lovely.

We don’t often think of Indiana as making elegant glass but this silver encrusted cake stand shows they could indeed.

Shopping Information:  We carry the silver encrusted Double Fleur De Lis footed cake stand in our store Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass.  Shopping with us is like antiquing with your best friend.

Harp Depression Glass Cake Stand Pedestal Plate

Here is a neat cake stand that will look great serving your holiday cupcakes.  It is clear glass with a molded harp design – perfect for Christmas – with a gold trimmed beaded edge, understated and classy.

I showed a Mayfair depression glass cake plate that was low and held by three little feet in last week’s pink post.  This Harp cake stand is quite different, more regal and attention grabbing.  It will work better for cupcakes and the flat Mayfair plate will be easier to use with cakes.

Pretty cake stand is the Harp pattern from Jeannette Glass.  Jeannette made Harp in the 1950s, well after the depression of the 1930s ended, but it is often considered depression glass because of the style.  Jeannette made Harp cake stands in several colors, including a rather homely opaque pink, ice blue, clear, and clear with different trims.

If you’re looking for a neat serving piece to add a bit of flair this holiday season you can’t go wrong with this vintage cake stand.

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Shopping information:  Harp cake stand is at Cat Lady Kate’s Elegant and Depression Glass.  It is also on listed here on auction if you prefer eBay.

Fostoria Glass Buttercup Etched Crystal Torte Cake Plate

Buttercups, crystal and cake, what an entrancing combination.  Every time I see this large etched plate with the sweet rolled up rim I visualize it holding a special cake for a birthday party or wedding shower.  This pattern with the all over wide open flowers, leaves and scrolls is called Buttercup and it comes to us from Fostoria Glass.

Buttercup is one of those patterns that brides got for wedding gifts in the early 1950s and now are passing on to their families.  It’s a sleeper pattern with ever more people collecting it and looking for pieces to augment what they got from their mom or grandmother.  I buy Buttercup when I can and this particular piece came from an estate sale where the mother was in ill health and moving to assisted living.

This plate is called a torte plate in the Fostoria catalogs so consider it a large cake plate.  It’s 14 inches wide so you can put almost any size or shape cake on it, or use it for your special breakfast muffins or beautifully decorated cupcakes or even sandwiches.  Using special serving pieces is a good way to make your table even more special.

If you want a special cake plate for that special day, consider a vintage etched piece like this.  It will make your day even more memorable.

Cambridge Glass Windows Border Etched Etch 704 Amber Cheese and Cracker Set

Years ago glass makers produced two part ensembles to use for cheese and crackers.  The bottom plate was big enough to hold many crackers and one put a cheese ball or spread in the raised center comport piece.  Thus, a cheese and cracker set.

The one we show here is from Cambridge Glass, their etch 704 pattern in amber.  The photo shows it bright and it is nowhere near garish.  It is  a deep warm rich color.  The plate has the etched design and the comport is plain, quite a nice combination.

Etch 704 has fancy scrolls in mirror images of each other all around the rim.  Gene Florence nicknamed this Windows Border because the edge treatment that you can just see looks like little windows.  Personally I’d have called it Double Scroll or something related to the larger scroll / swag part of the pattern instead of the small rim edge design.  (It took me a while to figure out why he called it that, but that’s a different story.)

The idea of cheese and cracker sets is one it’s time to resurrect.  We all eat cheese and crackers; we all would like to have the food service look halfway decent, especially when we’re having a party.  Personally I don’t care for the plastic deli trays and I don’t like my crackers sliding into the cheese like they do if you put everything on a serving platter.  The separate little dish for the cheese is a brilliant way to keep the food looking good – and the cheese from getting all over the crackers before you are ready to eat it.

Fostoria Glass Buttercup Etched Crystal Torte Plate

The next time you have a party and are searching for a plate you can use for all the cookies or little crackers with cheese, you’ll be glad you have this large etched crystal torte plate.

Yes, this is a bit fancier than the plastic nosh trays from the Walmart deli.  It’s something your friends will notice and remember.

This particular plate is from Fostoria Glass and the etched design is called Buttercup.  The pattern has lavish flowers and scrolls all over, even in the center.  This is a super nice piece!

We have quite a few large platters, chop plates, torte plates, cake plates and serving trays in our stores.  Go ahead and check us out.  Be prepared for the next time you have a crowd over!

Indiana Glass Rose Wreath Frosted Cake Plate

Today let’s do something different and look at this interesting older cake plate and see why it is such a neat piece to use today.

This cake plate is frosted clear glass and quite heavy, about 4 pounds.  It has three small tab feet on the base and is about 3/4 inches tall and 11 1/2  inches wide.  So why is that so neat?  

First the plate is flat.  If you have ever used a big serving plate or dinner plate for your cakes you know that they dip a little in the center.  That makes your cakes a bit saggy.

The small tab feet raise this off the table just enough that you can hold it with one hand while you cut the cake with the other.  It won’t go scooching off the table with you lunging after holding your cake server!

It’s heavy enough that it has some substance.  The design is pretty with its wreath of pressed roses.

The nicest thing is that this is not a common pattern and that means that you will have something different than everybody else!  This is often the case with vintage glass:  It usually is shaped to fit the function and it is going to be different enough that you have something a bit unique.  In today’s mass-produced, one-size-fits-all world that is a good thing!