Bride’s Baskets: Sophisticated Wedding Gifts
Peachblow glass bride’s basket, enameled fruit, ruffled edge. Pairpoint Manufacturing Co. silver-plated frame with figural nudes, turtles and putti, 15 3/4 in. h. by 17 in. w. by 12 in. d., $4,988.
Bride’s baskets were the go-to wedding gifts given to sophisticated Victorian brides from the 1880s until about 1905. The term itself though is modern, used since the late 1950s. A bride’s basket is an elegant art glass bowl, usually with a crimped or ruffled rim, held by a silver-plated frame, often with a handle. They […]