Cambridge made their graceful Roselyn etch during their last few years, 1951 to 1956, and I don’t think they marketed it very much. We saw very few pieces in the 20 years we shopped for glass and it’s not documented in the general elegant glass guides.
This is a shame because Roselyn is a lovely design, featuring a big stemmed rose surrounded with sprays of leaves. Cambridge made the usual stemware pieces and decorative accessories such as the big ruffled bowl pictured.
When we got this bowl at an estate sale it was marked “Cambridge Roselyn”, and I wondered about the etch because this was the first (and only) piece of Roselyn I’d come across and had never heard of the pattern. (I am no expert in Cambridge!) The bowl itself is obviously Cambridge, one of the shapes that Cambridge used for most of their etched decorations. I was able to confirm the pattern with online resources and the book of reprinted catalog pages from 1949 through 1953.
The catalog pages show two small plates, the sherbet liner and the 7 1/2 inch size suitable for dessert or salad, creamer and sugar but no cup or saucer, basic stemware and several lovely accessory or serving pieces such as relish trays, candle holders, bowls, candy dishes.
Cambridge used the 3779 stem line for Roselyn. This is not one of their workhorse stem lines although they used it for Daffodil, Elaine and Chantilly in addition to Roselyn. It has little nubs near the bottom of the stem and a flared bowl.
The stemware includes two goblets, a small wine plus a claret, the cordial shown, cocktail and oyster cocktail, tall and short sherbets and two stemmed tumblers. The reprint doesn’t mention a Roselyn juice, but I saw one listed on Replacements and on eBay. While we today would find this assortment more than sufficient for our use at home, it’s an abbreviated line compared to patterns like Rose Point that included several more stems and footed tumblers.
There are 5 celery/relish dishes listed in the catalog reprint. (Cambridge made lots of relish trays, they made great gifts for weddings or showers and almost everyone had a relish tray or two in their homes.) These are fun pieces and a good way to add a useful piece of vintage glass to your table.
One small relish plate has only two sections, both about what you would use for olives. There are three celery relishes which have one compartment long enough to hold a small stalk of celery, and a plain celery that is oval with no smaller compartments, meant solely for celery.
Interestingly the plates are square-ish with the full design on the rim and the rose in the otherwise plain center of the plate.
Today eBay lists several pieces of Roselyn, including the tilt ball pitcher and cocktail shaker, stems, bowls, plates, shakers. I didn’t see candy dishes, candle holders or vases, but just about all the other pieces in the pattern list. You should be able to collect enough for a set of stems or accessory pieces for your table. The prices seem reasonable given this is neither extremely popular nor abundant.
Roselyn is a pretty pattern full of roses. You can get lovely accessory pieces and stemware to enjoy.