Posts about Bowknot Depression Glass
Bowknot Green Depression Glass – Small Pattern with Lovely Design
Bowknot is a small pattern, with just a small plate, sherbet, cup, two tumblers, small bowl and a cereal bowl. The Belmont Tumbler Company may have made it during the late 1920s or very early 1930s.
The pattern features a stylized bow between swags with a fancy medallion in the loop’s center drape. It’s pretty and easy to enjoy.
The small bowl is almost identical to the footed sherbet shown above except it has no foot.
The sherbet above had a slightly serrated rim and edge on the foot and this is typical of Bowknot. All pieces except the cup have serrated edges. I’m not aware of a saucer in this pattern although there may be one given that most people used cups and saucers, not cups or mugs alone.
The only plate is 7 inches wide, a salad size. Notice in my (poor) photo that you can see a rather sharp-looking inner rim. In fact I don’t recall this being particularly sharp nor that there was a problem with inner rim roughness as occurs with may patterns that have flat rims and sharp inner rim edges.
The tumbler shown at the top of this page has a foot. There is a similar sized tumbler, 5 inches tall, holding 10 ounces filled to the brim, that has a flat foot.
Bowknot is not a super abundant pattern. We accumulated 4 or 5 pieces over the course of 20 years buying and selling glass and most of it came from a local collector who had scores of banana boxes filled with depression glass. I recall getting one piece at a flea market too.
If you like this pretty green glass pattern then I suggest you look online. Just now I found all the pieces of Bowknot except the cereal bowl on eBay. Prices were about what I’d expect; this is a medium-priced depression glass pattern. Another option could be to run a wanted ad on Craigslist or a site that caters to vintage glass.