Monday, January 17, 2011

A little more honing in on the “grapefruit” dish.

First, we hear from John Styler of Prospect Heights, Illinois

Now you must have known I would eventually enter the fuss on this grapefruit issue.

I do not know the size of the inner piece but I would assume it is a Shrimp Cocktail

piece similar to the Waterford and Limoges sets we have. Crushed ice surrounding

the center piece filled with sauce and jumbo shrimp dangling over the rim.

I believe this was more the style back in the thirties.

Then, Beth Shaut of the Carder Steuben Glass Shop in Corning provides this additional information.

Alan: We have 4 Shrimp cocktail sets in Rosalene and Alabaster. This shape sold with the cup insert is a ‘Shrimp cocktail set’ and without the cup a ‘Grapefruit’. Beth

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