Bride's Basket

When I first began collecting cranberry glass,

I recall how beautiful I thought these " Victorian Bride's Baskets " or

Bride's Bowls were.

They are called that because it was popular to get them as them as wedding gifts in the late 1800's to about 1905.

Now, this one I have here I kind of just put the pieces together to make a basket for myself.

Each of the two pieces were separate finds of mine along my antique hunting journey.



I have several glass bride's bowls of different colors.

This glass bowl is most likely made by Fenton sometime around 1940-1954.

But the brides basket itself does date back to the turn of the 19th century.