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| The Tulip and Cane pattern is found only in four sizes of glasses (8 oz. Goblets, 4 oz. Clarets, 3 oz. wines, and 1 1/2 oz. cordials), a sauce, a ruffled compote and a single handled nappy. Imperial produced the pattern in other shapes in crystal.
Above, from left to right, are a cordial (smallest), wine glass, claret, and water goblet (largest). These stemmed pieces are found only in marigold. Cordials are 3 5/8" tall, top diameter is 2 1/8" across Wines are 4 3/16" tall, top diameter is 2 3/8" across Clarets are 4 3/4" tall, top diameter is 2 3/4" across Goblets are 6 3/8" tall, top diameter is 3 1/4" across Goblets and clarets are probably the most often found. Cordials are considered rare. |
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| Pictured above is a small six ruffled Tulip and Cane sauce in smoke, a six ruffled compote in marigold and a single handled nappy in marigold. Compotes and sauces are found in both marigold and smoke while the nappy is only known in marigold. Any of these three pieces should be considered scarce but the nappy is extremely so. | |
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Pictured to the left, is the handle of the single handled nappy in marigold. Notice that the top of the handle is flat and has small protrusions coming from it. This flat area on the handle is called a thumb rest and on this thumb rest are small protrusions which are called "knurls".
A knurl is defined as a series of small ridges or grooves on the surface or edge of an object to aid in gripping. Typically single handled nappies have rounded handles and do not have knurls. This is because these nappies are decorative pieces and not meant for any particular purpose. It is theorized that the knurled thumb rest makes this, not a decorative nappy, but a single handled bowl meant to hold something such as soup. So, is this a single handled soup bowl? |
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