Vintage MCM Dorothy Thorpe Style Snifters 5 and 13 similar items

Vintage Dorothy Thorpe Style Snifters Pitcher 5 piece pitcher bar Glasses set. Condition is New stred away, not in the original box but still in the corrugated cartoon. Awesome midcentury set made of glass and so infamous Silver finish combo. Its nor marked Dorothy Thorpe but in her style or might be her creation. Its 4 snifter shot glasses and 1 mixing pitcher with a glass stick. Awesome for a gift or to add to your bar collection Dorothy Thorpe was born in Salt Lake City, UT in 1901. She graduated from the University of Utah and settled in Glendale, CA in the 1930s. She produced complete sets of table ensembles which were sold at high-end department stores throughout the U.S. Thorpe is best known for her simple and classic style. Thorpe was a mid-century designer, not a manufacturer, of glassware. She purchased ""blanks"" from manufacturers then decorated them with her personal designs. Inspired by trips to Hawaii, Thorpe originally designed glassware with eucalyptus, irises, roses and narcissus flowers. These designs were created through a sandblasting technique onto the blank glassware. By the mid-century, Thorpe designed glassware with simple silver and platinum wide band rims. This clean modern design was recently revived by the television show Mad Men. Thorpe died in San Diego, CA in 1989