Set Of Five Vintage Dorothy Thorpe Gold Banded Pedestal Dishs

These elegant, well designed, gold-rimmed pedestal glasses/candy dishes are as beautiful today as when they were created. Having a one inch gold band on simple crystal clear glass, they create an elegant presentation.As the story goes, Dorothy found a broken beer bottle or wine bottle, depending on which version of the story you are reading, lying in the street and had the brilliant idea to turn the bottom of the bottle into a drinking glass tumbler. Talk about true DIY works of art! She gave one of them to her brother who in turn took it to work at MGM Studios. Clark Gable happened to see it and immediately ordered 6 dozen sets. Dorothy C. Thorpe, Inc. was born!She sold her pieces in a small Hollywood gift shop and before long her works of art were highly sought after by Hollywood Studios and stars and wealthy and famous people, including Princess Grace of Monaco and the Shah of Iran.Dorothy Thorpe's beautiful creations are featured in museums and are highly sought after. She was listed in "Who's who in American Art. And even had done glass decorations and lamps for the Mormon Temple at Idaho Falls, windows for St.John's Academy at Camarillo.She died on September 4, 1989 in Carlsbad, California, but her timeless works of art still liveon.