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Dorothy Thorpe Mid-Century Silver Cocktail Barware Glasses and Pitcher

$950per set
£714.32per set
€829.50per set
CA$1,326.65per set
A$1,471.36per set
CHF 772.69per set
MX$18,069.33per set
NOK 9,781.46per set
SEK 9,224.05per set
DKK 6,189per set
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1960s Dorothy Thorpe midcentury barware set of 5 glasses and pitcher. Elegant exquisite vintage 1950s Designer Dorothy Thorpe pure silver overlay band barware glasses and pitcher This rare set Dorothy Thorpe midcentury cocktail glasses barware has the pure silver faded band around top edge of each piece. Set of 5 Mid-Century Modern Dorothy Thorpe clear with silver overlay band "Tom Collins" / high ball cocktail glasses. Set includes 5 cocktails glasses. and pitcher. 1960s Mid-Century Modern Dorothy Thorpe cocktail barware set. Measurements: Five tall cocktail glasses height 5.75 inches, diameter 3 inches. Pitcher: 10.5 inches height, 6 inches diameter, 8.5 inches with handle The glasses looks like it was used very little and stored well. Dorothy Thorpe 1950s midcentury glassware or barware set They will create a dramatic display for a back bar or table setting. These are from the 1950s and must be hand washed. They are not dishwasher safe.  The set is in pristine condition and were either never used or were hand washed and well taken care of considering their age. Dorothy Thorpe glassware was a chic staple of every Mid-Century Modern wet bar, particularly 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 post-war 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 WWII, 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 travelled 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 1950s, 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. 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-1960s, created coffee sets for the Santa Barbara and Monterey companies. Among her own ceramics products were lines glazed in the eye-catching shades Orange Persimmon and Blue Periwinkle.

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