Glasses By Dorothy Thorpe
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Silver
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1940s American Platters and Serveware
Glass
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Barware
Glass, Lucite
Vintage 1950s Glass
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Lucite, Mirror
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Silver Plate, Silver Leaf
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
Resin
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Lucite
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Dining and Entertaining
Lucite
Vintage 1940s Tray Tables
Glass
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Lucite
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
Resin
Vintage 1950s American Coat Racks and Stands
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Metal
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Gold
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Late 20th Century Italian Victorian Barware
Silver Plate
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1980s Austrian Japonisme Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Jewelry Boxes
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Earthenware
Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Vases
Porcelain, Paint
Vintage 1980s French Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Platters and Serveware
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Barware
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1980s German Barware
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Barware
Glass, Softwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Glass
Glass
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Earthenware
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Crystal, Silver
Vintage 1960s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Sterling Silver, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candelabras
Nickel
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco End Tables
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Furniture and Collectibles
Glass, Lucite
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Glass, Paint
20th Century American Glass
Glass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Sterling Silver
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Silver Leaf
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Gold
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Crystal, Silver Leaf
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
20th Century American Barware
Vintage 1970s North American Serving Pieces
Chrome
20th Century American Glass
Vintage 1960s Serving Bowls
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1960s American Platters and Serveware
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Gold
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Gold
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Crystal Serveware
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Vintage 1970s American Tableware
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Silver Leaf
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Silver Leaf
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Silver Leaf
20th Century American Barware
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Glass
20th Century American Art Deco Barware
20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Silver Plate
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Crystal, Silver
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Tableware
Silver Leaf
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Crystal Serveware
Blown Glass
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Tableware
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Barware
Metal, Chrome
Vintage 1940s Tray Tables
Glass
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Glass
Vintage 1940s American Barware
Glass
Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Umbrella Stands
Lucite
Vintage 1950s American Barware
Silver
Vintage 1960s American Glass
Glass
Glasses By Dorothy Thorpe For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Glasses By Dorothy Thorpe?
Dorothy Thorpe for sale on 1stDibs
Dorothy Thorpe glassware was a chic staple of every mid-century modern wet bar, paricularly her festive Roly Poly silver-banded tumblers. Although not as widely known as such contemporaries as Eva Zeisel and Edith Heath, Thorpe was one of a group of creative and entrepreneurial women whose designs captured the imagination of the postwar homeowner with her modern and festive designs.
Thorpe was born in Salt Lake City in 1901 and settled in Los Angeles as a young woman. She began creating her signature glassware using the trade name Dorothy Thorpe Originals in the 1930s. Thorpe was a designer, not a glassblower. To create her shimmering wares, she purchased glass blanks from a variety of manufacturers and subjected them to various techniques, including sandblasting, etching and silver overlay. Initially Art Deco in style, the pieces were signed with a large T and smaller D. Thorpe also worked in ceramics and, in the 1940s, with Lucite, producing a line of household items, such as magazine racks, sculptural lamps, candlesticks and umbrella stands.
After World War II, Thorpe was inspired by the new interest in the flowers and animals of the South Pacific to begin incorporating tropical floral motifs into her work. She traveled to Hawaii and studied local irises, roses, azaleas, narcissus and eucalyptus. The decorative patterns based on these studies were created primarily by sandblasting, which makes a glass surface appear frosted. From the 1930s through the ’50s, Thorpe’s designs won her many fans among the members of café society, including Princess Grace of Monaco and the Shah of Iran. They were also widely imitated. Vintage tumblers that bear a silver stripe around the rim but lack the “DT” signature on the bottom are not Thorpe originals.
In the 1950s, Thorpe created the glassware line Atomic Splash, which featured the energetic geometric patterns that were so popular at the time. Atomic Splash patterned drinking glasses and serving dishes bore a silver overlay that evoked an explosion. She also designed a line of ceramic tableware decorated with a wreath of spring flowers in collaboration with Crown Lynn Pottery, in New Zealand, and, in the mid-’60s, created coffee sets for the Santa Barbara and Monterey companies. Among her own ceramics products were lines glazed iin the eye-catching shades Orange Persimmon and Blue Periwinkle.
Finding the Right dining-entertaining for You
Your dining room table is a place where stories are shared and personalities shine — why not treat yourself and your guests to the finest antique and vintage glass, silver, ceramics and serveware for your meals?
Just like the people who sit around your table, your serveware has its own stories and will help you create new memories with your friends and loved ones. From ceramic pottery to glass vases, set your table with serving pieces that add even more personality, color and texture to your dining experience.
Invite serveware from around the world to join your table settings. For special occasions, dress up your plates with a striking Imari charger from 19th-century Japan or incorporate Richard Ginori’s Italian porcelain plates into your dining experience. Celebrate the English ritual of afternoon tea with a Japanese tea set and an antique Victorian kettle. No matter how big or small your dining area is, there is room for the stories of many cultures and varied histories, and there are plenty of ways to add pizzazz to your meals.
Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is more durable than ceramic because it is denser. The latter is ideal for statement pieces — your tall mid-century modern ceramic vase is a guaranteed conversation starter. And while your earthenware or stoneware is maybe better suited to everyday lunches as opposed to the fine bone china you’ve reserved for a holiday meal, handcrafted studio pottery coffee mugs can still be a rich expression of your personal style.
“My motto is ‘Have fun with it,’” says author and celebrated hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran. “It’s yin and yang, high and low, Crate & Barrel with Christofle silver. I like to mix it up — sometimes in the dining room, sometimes on the kitchen banquette, sometimes in the loggia. It transports your guests and makes them feel more comfortable and relaxed.”
Introduce elegance at supper with silver, such as a platter from celebrated Massachusetts silversmith manufacturer Reed and Barton or a regal copper-finish flatware set designed by International Silver Company, another New England company that was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898. By then, Meriden had already earned the nickname “Silver City” for its position as a major hub of silver manufacturing.
At the bar, try a vintage wine cooler to keep bottles cool before serving or an Art Deco decanter and whiskey set for after-dinner drinks — there are many possibilities and no wrong answers for tableware, barware and serveware. Explore an expansive collection of antique and vintage glass, ceramics, silver and serveware today on 1stDibs.