{"id":7095,"date":"2013-06-07T22:59:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T02:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=7095"},"modified":"2013-06-07T23:28:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T03:28:42","slug":"cut-crystal-compote-c-1900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=7095","title":{"rendered":"Cut crystal compote, c.1900"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime around 1920, an elegant 8&#8243; tall crystal compote slipped out of the hands of a nervous hostess as she was serving stewed rhubarb to a dinner guest. The sudden drop to the floor not only embarrassed\u00a0the hostess and stained the Persian carpet below, but also snapped the cherished heirloom in half. Luckily, her slightly annoyed but handy husband snatched up the broken diamond-cut decorated bowl and attached it to a recently discarded large wooden spool. Seeing that the marriage of crystal and wood needed further embellishment, he gilded the spool to help jazz it up. The now slightly less nervous hostess was able to enjoy the newly restored compote again, but from then on filled it only\u00a0with butter mints&#8230;just to be safe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5463.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7099\" alt=\"IMG_5463\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5463.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5463.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5463-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5464.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7098\" alt=\"IMG_5464\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5464.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5464.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5464-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5464-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7096\" alt=\"IMG_5466\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5466.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5466.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5466-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7097\" alt=\"IMG_5465\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5465.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5465.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5465-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This quartet of compotes shows a variety of original glass bases; perhaps one of which\u00a0looked like mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lot-vintage-pressed-pattern-glass-compotes-Century-Candlewick-English-Hobnail-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-n9387-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7605\" alt=\"lot-vintage-pressed-pattern-glass-compotes-Century-Candlewick-English-Hobnail-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-n9387-1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lot-vintage-pressed-pattern-glass-compotes-Century-Candlewick-English-Hobnail-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-n9387-1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lot-vintage-pressed-pattern-glass-compotes-Century-Candlewick-English-Hobnail-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-n9387-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lot-vintage-pressed-pattern-glass-compotes-Century-Candlewick-English-Hobnail-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-n9387-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"www.laurelleaffarm.com\">Laurel Leaf Farm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime around 1920, an elegant 8&#8243; tall crystal compote slipped out of the hands of a nervous hostess as she was serving stewed rhubarb to a dinner guest. 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