Flint Glass Co Pressed Glass Bowl Lid Gold Trim Patented June 24 1924 Blue Gold

Description

Flint Glass Co Pressed Glass Bowl with Lid, blue and Gold Trim
Patented June 24 1924.
This original flower bowl has been repurposed into a candy bowl or trinket box with lid. There is some paint loss to The paint and gold trim
Very good without flaws, stands 6” tall with lid
The “Flower Bowl” , embossed on the bottom with the patent date June 24, 1924 has been paired with a lid and Handpainted to match the bottom. The flower block from the origin piece is not included.
Design Patent No. 64,970 ("Flower Block"), which was issued for a term of 7 years to Shay W. Gooch, who assigned the patent to his employer, Co-operative Flint Glass Company of Rochester (actually nearby Beaver Falls), Pennsylvania. "PATENTED JUNE 24 - 1924" is embossed on some of the pieces covered by the patent.
The "Flower Block" set actually pictured in Design Patent No. 64,970 is Co-op Flint's No. 491 Flower Bowl and Block. See photo and discussion of this set in Bonnie Bull, "Flower Frogs for Collectors" (pub. 2001), at page 139. The dimensions are 3-1/4" tall and 5-1/4" top diameter for the bowl; and the flower block insert is 3-3/4" in diameter and 3/8" thick with 16 holes for arranging cut stem flowers.