Imperial Glass "Double Dutch" Pink Opalescent Ruffled Basket

Make: Imperial Glass (Bellaire, Ohio)

Age:  1911-1926

Construction:  Pressed Glass

Dimensions:  8 3/4" Tall x 9 1/2" Diameter

Condition:  Excellent vintage condition. No chips or cracks. Please see photos. 

Details:  A pale pink 3-footed basket with an opalescent ruffled edge and applied pale pink clear handle. Center of basket displays two windmills, one smaller than the other, as well as a bare and a leafy tree, and a small boat. Molded feet in addition to molded central circle foot.  Imperial Glass's molded interlocking I and G are in the center of the bottom.  Straw marks in ruffled edge.

Imperial glass Company began in Bellaire, Ohio in 1901, and would become one of the largest glassware companies in the United States before its closing in 1984.  The Double Dutch pattern was part of the Windmill pattern line, that also included two distinct single windmill patterns. Available advertising information suggests that Double Dutch and the Windmill patterns were produced by Imperial between 1911 and 1926.