Fine cut glass delivered a year of sparkling results at Woody Auction

Round American Brilliant Cut Glass tray in the Hawkes Panel pattern, the finest example ever offered by Woody Auction, sold in the Nov. 12 auction for $115,500
Round American Brilliant Cut Glass tray in the Hawkes Panel pattern, the finest example ever offered by Woody Auction, sold in the Nov. 12 auction for $115,500
Round American Brilliant Cut Glass tray in the Hawkes Panel pattern, the finest example ever offered by Woody Auction, sold in the Nov. 12 auction for $115,500

DOUGLASS, Kan. – Woody Auction specializes in Victorian and pre-1920s antiques, but the firm’s real stock in trade is fine cut glass, which it has been auctioning for years. This point was driven home during the course of 2022, when the company held four major cut glass sales that all performed well and contributed to a highly successful year overall.

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Punch bowls allow master artisans to flaunt their talents

A circa-1900 Dorflinger Montrose pattern green-to-clear punch bowl set with matching bowl, base, ladle and 13 cups achieved $110,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2014. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles and LiveAuctioneers
A circa-1900 Dorflinger Montrose pattern green-to-clear punch bowl set with matching bowl, base, ladle and 13 cups achieved $110,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2014. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles and LiveAuctioneers
A circa-1900 Dorflinger Montrose pattern green-to-clear punch bowl set with matching bowl, base, ladle and 13 cups achieved $110,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2014. Image courtesy of DuMouchelles and LiveAuctioneers
NEW YORK – Let’s make one thing clear right away: No one technically needs a punch bowl. In his delightful 2010 book, Punch, author, cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich spends a long paragraph recounting the many receptacles in which he has prepared the crowd-pleasing tipple, including, in part, “pasta pots, Le Crueset Dutch ovens, spackle buckets, salad spinners, five-gallon water-cooler jugs, candy dishes, candy jars, Lexans of all sizes, nameless orange plastic things from Home Depot, large earthenware pots, galvanized washtubs and a host of other miscellaneous vessels I’m not recalling.” But wanting a nice punch bowl has a long and honorable history. Wondrich states in Punch that the term “punchbowl” emerged by 1658 and silversmiths were producing them by 1680.
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