For sale is a beautiful piece of Art Glass made by The Durand Glass Company of Vineland, NJ. I have a very nice Dinner Setting Salad Plate. The Plate is a good size as it stands 3/4" tall and is 8" in diameter.

The Plate has a very beautiful translucent clear glass that is accented with a Cranberry Red border glass. The Plate is decorated in a Peacock Feather Pattern mixing clear with Cranberry Red and Opalescent White Feathering. This is an absolute stunner for a Decorated Art Glass Plates. This Pattern was quite popular in the 1920's. These Salad Plates from Durand had a shallow well to hold the contents.

The Plate is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. There are several air bubbles in the clear and decorated area of the plate. These cannot be felt on the inside of the plate. You can feel them on the underside and these bubbles were caused when they applied the Feather Decoration. This adds character and is quite common with these decorated Peacock Feather Plates. Also, there is some minor scratches. These can only be seen upon inspection at an angle in the light.

The Plate is unsigned but it does displays a counter sunk Polished Pontil mark. The is the sign of a quality piece of Art Glass. This Plate more than likely had a Paper label similar to the one pictured on the bottom of the Blue Iridescent Vase Picture or the last picture shown above. This Plate can be documented in the Book "Durand The Man and his Glass" by Edward J. Meschi. It is on page 77 bottom row in the middle.

Durand did not start making his Artistic Glass until December 1924. This is when Quezal Glass and Decorating Company went out of Business and Martin Bach Jr. and several of his workers Migrated to South Jersey and set up shop at Durand. Durand blew glass in the Fancy Shop for only a short time as he was killed in an automobile accident in 1931. In 1932 The Durand Glass Company discontinued all of its Artistic Glass subsequently this Plate was made, Circa 1925-1932.

Durand was a Contemporary to Tiffany Studios, Steuben, Quezal and several others in the 20's. Although they blew glass in a shorter period of time than any of these Glass Houses Durand made his mark on the Art Glass World. This is a quality piece of Art Glass that is considered much Rarer because there are by far fewer examples of Durand Art Glass than his Contemporaries of the day such as Tiffany, Steuben and Quezal.

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