Antique Bryce Brothers GLASS 'WILLOW OAK' COVERED COMPOTE BOWL, EAPG, 7.25w/6"h

Name: Antique Bryce Brothers GLASS 'WILLOW OAK' COVERED COMPOTE BOWL, EAPG, 7.25w/6"h
Brand: Bryce Brothers Glass Co.
SKU: 127712560011
Price: 18.50 USD
Availability: InStock

USD 18.50

Condition: Used

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View Antique Bryce Brothers GLASS 'WILLOW OAK' COVERED COMPOTE BOWL, EAPG, 7.25w/6"h with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Full of experience, Bryce and 14 partners opened Bryce, McKee & Co. in 1850 on the South Side, where they specialized in clear pressed glass (like this bowl) and milk glass. This particular compote bowl was "rescued" by my late sister Betsy who stayed in Pittsburgh after so many of us left when the steel industry died. I'm proud to say, this compote bowl is a product of my hometown of Pittsburgh, although somewhere between 50-100 years before my birth in 1951. Long before coal, iron or steel dominated local manufacturing, glass was Pittsburgh’s first major industry. By 1869, "my" city produced nearly half of all the glass made in America. James Bryce, who emigrated from Scotland to Pittsburgh at age 5 (another Scot, Andrew Carnegie, came to Pittsburgh 20 years later at age 12), started his glassmaking "career" at age 10 in 1823 as an apprentice at Bakewell, Page & Bakewell.  Full of experience, Bryce and 14 partners opened Bryce, McKee & Co. in 1850 on the South Side, where they specialized in clear pressed glass (like this bowl) and milk glass. (The South Side later became a key neighborhood for steelworkers; I worked at a hot dog shop there in high school!) Fueled by that experience, James Bryce and 14 partners opened Bryce, McKee & Co. in 1850 on the South Side. Initially, the business made clear pressed glass tableware and opal glass, often called milk glass by collectors. As you can tell by the quality of this bowl alone, the company that became Bryce Brothers expanded by the 1880s to create colored glass, oil lamps, goblets, tumblers...and compotes! According to records, the company’s employees were "skilled at many decorative techniques, including cutting, needle etching, sand blasting, engraving and gilding in bands."  Bryce Brothers continued on until 1965 when it was purchased by Lenox, Inc.  This particular compote bowl was "rescued" by my late sister Betsy who stayed in Pittsburgh after so many of us left when the steel industry died. She took great care of it; I'm hoping you will, too! Condition: Used. Category: Pottery & Glass › Decorative Cookware, Dinnerware & Serveware › Bowls. Brand: Bryce Brothers Glass Co..