KEMPLE GLASS DOLPHIN COVERED DISH IN MILK GLASS
A fine piece of milk glass in a dolphin covered dish produced by Kemple Glass Works using the pattern and moulds of Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Works, Greentown, IN. The Greentown Dolphin was designed by Charles E. Beam, who came to work at the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company in about 1897. The dolphin covered dish was introduced at the Buffalo Exposition in May 1901. The Greentown factory burned in 1903 and the dolphin was not made again until Mr. Kemple acquired the mould around 1951.
The dolphin is a very unusual and conversational piece of glass, made with a lid that has a small fish atop it. The underside of the Kemple dolphin lid is faintly pebbled. The cavity of the Kemple dolphin is smaller than the original Greentown dolphin. The dolphin was intended to be used as a shrimp cocktail server.
Company owner John E. Kemple was a staunch supporter of the theory that handmade glassware was better than glass produced by machine; consequently, the entire operation in the Kemple Glass Works, from its beginning during the summer of 1945 until Mr.Kemple's death in January 1970 was definitely a hand process. As a result, Mr. Kemple's glass, made over old original moulds only, has become a very popular collectible.
Measures 4 1/2 inches high and 7 inches long. In good condition with one sawtooth missing, some other minor flaking, and a flake to the fin of the fish on the lid.
PRICE: $110