pair, triple sconce, 6.25", original label, excellent...Caprice "like the enchantment of Rippling Water"Caprice surely must have been one of Cambridge Glass Company's most popular patterns and by all indications produced the largest number of single pattern items. Bill Smith, President of National Cambridge Collectors, tells us in an article published in the Crystal Ball, December 1976 that he had compiled a listing from catalog numbers of 243 individual items. Most list as individual items although a few are sets, such as the Creamer, Sugar and Tray. According to the ads in my collection the number of pieces being made in any given year or month varied. In the latest dated ads in 1950 and 1951, 65 and 70 Caprice items were still listed as being available.The earliest historical information for the Caprice pattern is in the form of Design Patent applications. These are dated 1936 which is thought to be when the pattern was introduced but that it had first been produced in late 1935. In the June 1936 issue of China, Glass and Lamps, the Caprice line boasted over 200 items with more than 150 pieces in open stock. At this time, Crystal, Moonlight Blue and a satin finish Alpine was offered. The Crystal Ball articles list a 1940 Price List of January 1 as their first reference to the Caprice colors of La Rosa (pink), Pistachio (green) and Mocha (amber). However, I have an ad from Ladies Home Journal dated 1939 which offers Crystal, Moonlight Blue and La Rosa open stock. A company letter to customers, dated October 16, 1943 stated that La Rose, Pistachio and Mocha would be dropped from production at that time. (Reference to above, Bill Smith-Crystal Ball.)In regards to the production span of Moonlight Blue we know that it was first produced in 1936. However, in deference to David Rankin's notes and Chart of Cambridge Blues, he lists Moonlight Blue as having been discontinued in 1943. In the two ads that I have, Moonlight Blue was still being made in 1950 and 1951. Of particular interest is the 1951 ad, which extols Cambridge's 50th year of fine glass making so the dating is accurate as to the dates the advertising was done. As to when, between 1951 and 1954 the color was discontinued, it is still a mystery. Crystal is said to have been continued until closing. When Imperial Glass Company purchased the Cambridge molds, they continued to produce a few items in Caprice. For example the #165 Footed Candy jar with Lid was made in Imperial colors of Amber, Antique Blue, Light Green and Sunshine Yellow. These colors are easily recognized as non-Cambridge colors. Crystal is another matter and there is no way to be sure of distinguishing the late Cambridge from an Imperial item, unless of course, the Cambridge by Imperial label still remains on the glass.