WE SHIP! The AEAA is proud to present this Unique & Rare gorgeous hand painted C.F. Monroe, Wave Crest - Rodefer exceptional puffy & floral relief mold deep switch trinket box. This Rare Rodefer square octagonal blown out form dates to ca. 1900-1902, and the exceptional hand painted lid florals plus an ornate rose roundel, are all encased in the octagonal deep floral crown relief. The base carries the proper banner & shield signed Wave Crest stamp, and features an identical floral crown relief seat! This incredible box is finished in beaded thumbprint ormolu joiner-work, and has the original (worn) liners. The total weight is 11 oz., measuring 3 x 3 x 2.25 inches tall, and is in excellent condition. An exact mold match can be seen on Page #85 (from the Newland collection) in The Glass of C.F. Monroe / by Wilfred Cohen xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThe names National Glass Works and Rodefer are virtually synonymous. The original National Glass Works plant was established in 1869 in Bellaire, Ohio, at the junction of 22nd and Union streets. It failed in 1877 and was purchased and run by the Rodefer brothers, Albert, John, and Thornton, until 1898 when two of the brothers sold out and left Thornton the sole owner and operator. On his death in 1910, his son C. M. Rodefer assumed ownership. The company thrived, expanding in the 20s with the addition of a second plant near the corner of South Union and 22nd. C. M.'s son Howard joined as Secretary in the 30s, and eventually became president. In 1953, Rodefer merged with Gleason forming the Rodefer-Gleason Glass Co, which operated until 1982 when the plant was sold at auction. This works operated for 105 years on the same site! This cut of the idealized works appears on most Rodefer paper. It's a busy scene with horse and carriage, a motor car, a train, more rolling stock entering the factory grounds on a spur, and two paddle-wheelers, one heading for the plant, another pushing barges upriver. Rodefer mainly produced hand-blown and hand-pressed items for other companies (blown and pressed specialties in private molds), but also prismatic sidewalk, floor, sash and skylights, battery jars, opal ware blanks, and lantern globes and lamp chimneys in lime and lead glass. Up to 1910, opal glass blanks were to send to Meriden, Connecticut, to be decorated at C. F. Monroe's factory. The final product: Wavecrest, Nakara and Kelva vases, plaques and boxes, featured unique Rodefer bases and exceptional blown relief patterns!

XJ - excellent condition