3 Franciscan Desert Rose Goblets

THREE FRANCISCAN DESERT ROSE WINE GOBLETS - SIGNED CLEAR GLASS STEMWARE Three clear glass stemmed wine goblets in the Franciscan Desert Rose pattern, approximately 6-1/2 inches tall with a rounded balloon bowl about 3-1/4 inches across the rim. The Desert Rose motif wraps the bowl of each glass: full opened pink wild roses with bright yellow centers dotted in dark brown, closed pink buds, small round rose hips, and bright green leaves on trailing stems, set against clear glass so the decoration reads as if floating. Each bowl carries the pattern's red script Franciscan trademark with the registered symbol, which is the maker's signature on the glassware line and the surest way to identify a piece of Franciscan glass. Stemware in this pattern was sold as a companion to the earthenware rather than as part of the standard place setting, so it shows up far less often than the plates and cups, and a matched trio like this is harder to find than the dinnerware. This lot matches the other set of three Desert Rose goblets offered in this sale, so a bidder wanting six can take both lots, and it coordinates directly with the Desert Rose dinner plates, saucers, cup and saucer sets, bowls, gravy boat, cookie jar, and bud vase offered elsewhere in this sale. Sold as a lot of three pieces. Description Three (3) matching Franciscan Desert Rose wine goblets, clear glass with applied color decoration Rounded balloon-form bowl on a slender plain stem and a broad plain circular disc foot Each measures approximately 6-1/2 inches tall per the tape-measure photograph, with the tape hooked on the table surface alongside the glass rather than against it, so read the height as a close estimate Bowl measures approximately 3-1/4 inches across the rim per the overhead tape photograph, with the tape laid across the mouth. Foot diameter and fluid capacity were not measured with the tape, and bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs Decoration wraps the bowl: opened five-petal pink roses with bright yellow centers dotted in dark brown, closed pink buds, small round rose hips, and bright green leaves on trailing green stems. The extreme close-up photographs show a fine halftone dot structure in the color, so the decoration is a factory-applied transfer or screen print rather than free-hand brushwork Each bowl carries the red script Franciscan trademark with the registered symbol beside it, applied within the decoration and shown in the dedicated close-up photograph. This is the maker's mark on this piece Bowl interiors, stems, and feet are plain clear glass with no decoration, cutting, or etching Undersides of the feet are plain and smooth, with no acid stamp, molded mark, or paper label shown in the photographs Attribution note Desert Rose was introduced in 1941 by Gladding, McBean & Co. of Los Angeles, California, and became the best-selling pattern of American dinnerware ever produced, with California manufacture continuing into the mid-1980s. Gladding, McBean was absorbed into the Interpace Corporation in the early 1960s, and the pattern later passed to Wedgwood. Replacements, Ltd. and the Gladding, McBean Franciscan archive document that the pattern was extended beyond the earthenware onto coordinating accessories including glassware, and that the decorated clear-glass stemware carries the red script Franciscan trademark on the piece itself rather than a molded or acid-etched factory mark on the foot. That decorated glassware belongs to the later decades of the pattern's run rather than the early Gladding, McBean years. The pattern identification, maker attribution, era assignment, decoration method, and all dimensions given here are offered as the consignor's photo-based opinion and are not guaranteed. Bid on the item as pictured. Condition Used vintage condition, sold as-is. The glasses were photographed as a group of three, individually, from overhead into the bowl, in close detail on the decoration and the red Franciscan signature, and on the stem and foot. The glass is clear and bright with good clarity and no cloudiness or dishwasher haze visible in the photographs. The applied decoration is bright and well saturated with strong pink and green color and no obvious losses. No chips, cracks, or breaks were observed in the photographs. Expect light overall handling and shelf wear, including fine scratching and scuffing on the underside of the feet where the glasses have been set down and slid, which is visible in the close-up foot photograph. Faint surface scratching on the bowls may be present and is difficult to capture on camera; applied glass decoration of this kind can thin, scuff, or lift with heavy dishwasher use, so bidders should review the decoration closely in the photographs for any small losses or worn areas. The rims, the slender stems, and the outer edge of the disc foot are the areas most vulnerable to chips and flea-bite nicks on this form, and bidders should inspect those areas clos