Pattern Name:HORSE, CAT AND RABBIT

Pattern Motif:Animals

Glass Type:Non-Flint

Era:1880s

Description:50 Favorites - 46 During the 1870s and 1880s manufacturers begun to explore more seriously the capability of the glass press to create naturalistic or representational motifs. Although such motifs are encountered occasionally in earlier pressed glass, they tend to appear as minor elements in the design or to be highly stylized. By contrast, during the 1870s and 1880s animals, birds, human figures, landscapes scenes, naturalistic flowers and an incredible variety of other representational images suddenly appear in profusion. As Melvin P. Lader suggests in his article, “Classic: A Study in Early American Pattern Glass” (Glass Club Bulletin, Fall 1990), this change was due, in part, to the influence of international exhibitions that fueled a growing demand for sophisticated design and execution in American decorative arts. CLASSIC might be said to represent the height in pattern glass moldmarking and design achievement in the regard. HORSE, CAT & RABBIT, on the other hand, represents the proverbial “good try.” (50 Favorites catalogue) U1, p.183; M1, p. 94