Libbey Rock Sharpe Stemware Collection |
Update: 13-Aug-2024 |
* "Original" set of 8 large wines, and 8 champagne coupes were found
in the Harris Homestead when my parents moved there in 1959.
Presumed to have belonged to gr-grandmother, Alice Grinnell Harris (or
perhaps gr-gr-grandmother, Marietta Martin Harris)
Notes: This is called Libbey Rock Sharpe because it is a Libbey Glass Company's blank (Stem line # 3005) which Cataract-Sharpe Company used for their cuttings (Pattern Cut 3005-5) in their Rock Sharpe line. Cataract- Sharpe Company purchased blanks from Libbey for their fine cuttings. This stem was made during the 1930s - 1940s and has Libbey's chip-resistant "Safedge" feature which Libbey introduced in 1924. This pattern is featured in Bob Page and Dale Frederiksen's book, "A Collection of American Crystal", pg. 66, 1995. Quoted from this book: The Cataract Company was a high quality cutting operation that decorated fine handmade stemware supplied by other firms. For many years, Cataract-Sharpe had purchased blanks from the Libbey Glass Division of Owens-Illinois and decorated the crystal at its factory in Buffalo. The company made no glass itself. Cataract-Sharpe cut many intricate, deep-cut crystal patterns. Many of the designs were ornately done and brilliantly polished. A fern-like design was a very typical design for Sharpe and it appears in a variety of their cut patterns. In the 30's and 40's, the company widely promoted its Rock Sharpe Crystal products in many of the major women's magazines. Rock Sharpe was some of the best-selling stemware in American during that period. |
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Other Related Patterns on Libbey blank 3005 |
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3005-3 |
3005-5 |
3005-7 |
3005-8 |
3005-12 |
3005-13 |
3005-15 |
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3005-17 |
3005-18 |
3005-19 |
3005-21 |
3005-23 |
Berkley |
Halifax |