CAMBRIDGE NO. 2656 / NEARCUT STAR - RUBY-STAINED TEN-PIECE PUNCH SET, colorless with gilt decoration, comprising a two-piece pedestal punch bowl, and nine punch cups. Cambridge Glass Co. Pattern introduced 1908. Punch bowl on pedestal 10 1/4" HOA, 12 1/2" DOA rim.
Punch bowl with a single flake to the rim and moderate overall wear, pedestal with scattered flaking to the rim, one punch cup with a couple minute flakes to the base edge, another with a minute bruise to the base, as made, remainder undamaged.
Literature: Heacock - Book 7: Ruby-Stained Glass From A to Z, p. 158, fig. N20 and N21.
Provenance: From the collection of the late Ed Kleppinger of New Orleans, LA.

Punch bowl with a single flake to the rim and moderate overall wear, pedestal with scattered flaking to the rim, one punch cup with a couple minute flakes to the base edge, another with a minute bruise to the base, as made, remainder undamaged.