Cake Stands
or Cake Salvers And a few Banana Stands The cake stands shown below & on the next page are Early American Pattern Glass cake stands available from PatternGlass.com. Seen at right is a 'stack' of our Feather pattern cake stands topped off with a jelly compote. A limited number of patterns were made in sizes that permit creating such a stack. Another form of pattern glass that one might consider are round cake plates, which we show with our Bread Plates, seen HERE. Read about EAPG cake stands HERE. To learn what EAPG means, click HERE. |
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The February 2010 Martha Stewart Living Magazine included an article featuring several of our cake stands which we sent to photograph at their request. They have been returned to us & a few are available for sale. If a tiny photo of the magazine cover is located by a cake stand, it means that cake stand was featured in the magazine. You can click those little magazines to see what it looks like on the page in Martha Stewart Living. |
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| This is a FINECUT pattern from a maker that has yet to be attributed. It is surely 1800s vintage Square cake stands are very difficult to find and in color, they are almost impossible. This beauty is 10" square and 6 1/2" tall. Old Gold/ Amber is the perfect color for Thanksgiving, Christmas or other celebration. $225 |
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| This is one really big FINECUT pattern from a maker that has yet to be attributed by us, anyway. It is an 1800's vintage and it is a full 11" square and 8" tall with a nice icing lip. $185 |
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| RIBBON CANDY is the name of this pattern which really looks like.... ribbon candy! It is a cutie and only 6 1/4"in diameter. Some call these tiny stands Toy or Children's glass, but certainly it is appropriate for serving little bites for big folks too. It is $85. We have more of these small stands in our Toy Glass Misc. Store HERE. |
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FANCY LOOP is Heisey's pattern #1205 made ca. 1898. |
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| SUNBURST is Heisey's pattern #343 made 1903 - 1920. The cake stand is a very difficult piece to find in the pattern. This one is 10" in diameter and has the diamond H in the deep "brandy well". It has one chip underneath the rim, seen HERE. $345 |
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| DAISY & BUTTON with THUMBPRINT PANEL is the name of this well-known pattern of EAPG. It is an Adam's Glass Co. product ca. 1880s. Measuring 9 1/2" across & 6 3/4" high, it has an icing lip. This is a heavy cake stand & the plate and the standard are held together by a wafer connection. The color is a rich amber - 'old gold' & it compliments all occasions. $195 |
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| ASHMAN is a very popular pattern we have a hard time keeping in stock. Here is the cake stand - an unusual shape with the 9 3/4" diameter round icing rim set atop a square platform. The pattern was made by Adams & Co. ca. 1880s. It is $175. |
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| DOMINION pattern was made by L. E. Smith Glass Co. ca. 1950. It is only 4 3/4" tall. This is a chance to get a 12" - rare size of cake stand without an icing lip so it can accommodate a very large (Wedding?) cake or a bunch of cup cakes for only $85. |
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| JACK POT! PAVONIA aka PINEAPPLE STEM may be the most popular cake stand in pattern glass land. It is 9" diameter & 6 1/2" tall - by Ripley Glass Co. ca. 1885. **SOLD** |
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| BROKEN COLUMN aka RATTAN pattern makes a very heavy and beautiful banana stand! The folded part where bananas reside is 10" x 7". Broken Column is a product of the Columbia Glass Co. and was made ca. 1888. It is a rare form of this pattern. $475 |
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| This may be the only offer of a stack of colored cake stands in graduated sizes, all in the same pattern ever made available for purchase. WILLOW OAK aka Oak Leaf aka Acorn & Oak aka Wreath pattern, by Bryce Bros. in the 1870s was made in clear, amber, scarcely in blue and rarely in vaseline. One blue cake stand is a real 'find' and 3 in all different sizes is amazing! They all have turned up edges to form an icing lip & all are 4 1/4" tall to the top of that icing lip. The top one is 8 3/4" diameter; the middle one is 9 3/4" diameter and the bottom one is 10" diameter. The top one has only one flat chip on the inside of the top rim (which is as hard to see as it was to photograph - see my best effort HERE). **SOLD** Psst - we have a water pitcher & a goblet to match them...... |
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| DAHLIA pattern is a product of the Co-Op Flint Glass Co. ca. 1885-6. This pretty little stand is 9 1/2" in diameter. It has a very small flake on the inside of the icing rim seen HERE. $95 |
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| BUTTON BAND is very near the top of all patterns in both the cake stand and this beautifully engraved cake basket with metal bail. It is 9 1/2" overall diameter including the outside rim. There are 2 chips on the flange that sticks up near the handle seen HERE & HERE. A better photo of the leaf & berry engraving is shown HERE. Without the chips it would be $165 but as it is, it is only $115 |
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| And here is a 9" diameter BUTTON BAND high standard cake stand - the same pattern as the above basket. This is 9" diameter & 5 1/2" high. $275 |
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| ROSE SPRIG is one of the few patterns made in deep blue, almost cobalt. It was made by Campbell Jones Glass Co. ca. 1886. It is 9" square, 6 1/2" tall and $425. We also have six 4" square sauce dishes with tab handles to match it for $28 each. |
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| There must have been some story behind the naming of this pattern. It is called THE HERO aka Ruby Rosette. This unusual form of the pattern is 10" in diameter and 6 1/2" tall. It was made by the Elson Glass Co. ca. 1891. $145 |
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| Bryce Higbee & Co. made this pattern and unexpectedly named it SURPRISE! I guess part of the surprise is that they made only a couple of pieces in the pattern between 1896 & 1905. It is folded up, 8" long and 5" wide, a perfect size to hold a bunch of bananas or other small fruit. A dainty display piece at $55. |
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| MAINE aka Stippled Panelled Flower aka Stippled Primrose was made by the U S Glass Co. to honor the State of Maine. It is positively gorgeous in emerald green; 8 1/4" in diameter & 5" tall. $315 |
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| This is a 10" cake stand in the pretty, but VERY difficult to photograph WHEAT & BARLEY aka DUQUESNE pattern. The design features a bundled spray of leaves & dainty tulip, heart & bell shaped flowers. Very Victorian! Bryce Bros. made it in the 1880s in clear, amber, & blue. With the icing lip, this clear one stands 4 3/4" tall and is $85. |
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| REVERSE TORPEDO aka BULLSEYE & DIAMOND POINT This would actually be more rightly called a doughnut stand with turned up sides & so it is a little different from the cake stand in the pattern. It appears to be a compote mold that was flattened out while it was still warm enough to be malleable so the plate surface is a little irregular. The pattern was made by Dalzell, Gilmore & Leighton ca 1892. It is 9 1/2" in diameter and 5 1/4" tall. $95 |
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| EYEWINKER aka WINKING EYE What a pattern! Dalzell, Gilmore & Leighton made it ca. 1885. This little guy is 8" in diameter and only 3 1/2" high. It has a small chip and a few flakes around the top edge **SOLD** |
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| Here's a cake stand in milk glass (opaque white glass) that will show off a colorful cake. It is a TEARDROP pattern and is 10 3/4" diameter & 5" tall. There are many milk glass stands shown in the MSL magazine. $86 |
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| DAISY & BUTTON WITH THUMBPRINT PANEL is the name of this well-known EAPG pattern. It is an Adam's Glass Co. product ca. 1880s. It is 10" across & has an icing lip. It is a rarity in vaseline also called canary yellow. **SOLD** |
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| ESTHER aka Tooth & Claw ( We prefer Esther) is a very famous Riverside Glass Co. pattern made ca. 1896. These are 10 1/2" diameter genuine cake plates in the pattern. As shown in the center photo, they sit up on three little 'stub feet a couple of inches off the table instead of on a tall standard. Mere photography cannot do justice to the brilliance of these plates. The clear one is **SOLD** & the rare green one with gold trim is $215 |
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| PALM LEAF FAN is a Bryce Higbee pattern ca. 1904 and this is a Banana Stand. Where does a person keep their bananas if they don't have a banana stand? It is as cute as can be and $85. |
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| CURRANT is an early 1870's pattern made by Campbell Jones & Co.. It has no damage although there are a few cloudy spots on the top. It is 9 1/2" diameter & has the wafer connection between the top plate and the standard. $75 |
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| HORSEMINT is a genus of the Mint family AND a pattern made by Beatty & Sons ca. 1890s! This one is 9 3/4" in diameter and 3 3/4" high. It is a little tilty; one side is 1/4” taller than the other. That is only apparent from the side. $64 |
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| FEATHER aka DORIC aka INDIANA SWIRL is a pattern made by McKee & other factories over several years beginning in the 1890s. This cake stand has a pretty patterned standard, was made in 5 sizes so is one that can be stacked. It is 9 3/4" diameter & $125. |
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| MELROSE aka DIAMOND BEADED BAND is a Greensburg, Higbee & New Martinsville pattern from the late 1880s & '90s. It is one of the cutest patterns in all of EAPG Land. This cake stand is 9" in diameter and $95.**SOLD** |
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![]() A blue cake stand in this pattern is pictured in the magazine. Bottom stand on left side. Pg 58. |
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| THOUSAND EYE is an Adams' Glass Co product ca. 1870s. The edges have the closed lattice; the pattern is the 3 knob (on the standard); it is 10” overall Outside Diameter & the cake part is 8 1/4” in diameter. It is 6 1/2” tall. This amber one is $165. **SOLD** |
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| Higbee's YOKE AND CIRCLE aka Era pattern is a pattern from about 1912. The fancy cake stand in this pattern is 9 1/2" diameter with an icing lip. It is $75. |
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| The very popular PROSPERITY aka FERRIS WHEEL pattern is one of Indiana Glass Company's 1910 products. This cake stand is 9" in diameter with a small icing lip. It is $70. |
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| CHAMPION is the most common name for this pattern, but it is also called Fans with Crossbars. Made by McKee in the 1890s, it is 9" in diameter, 4 1/4" high and has a partially turned up outer edge. The pattern is replayed in the wide base. $85 |
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| This is another form of the CHAMPION aka FANS WITH CROSSBARS pattern shown above. This form is heavier weight, 9 1/2" diameter, 5 1/2" tall & has no icing rim so it can accommodate a larger birthday cake. There is a flat flake on the inside of one of the perimeter scallops seen HERE. $135 |
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| BARLEY aka INDIAN TREE is one of the great old patterns from Campbell Jones in the 1870s - while the West was being settled just after the Civil War. It is 10” diam.; 4 1/2” tall & has a turned up scalloped ice lip. It also ranks with one of the most difficult of all cake stands to photograph. $75 |
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| CRYSTAL WEDDING by Adams Glass Co. in the 1890s is one of the most popular patterns in EAPG. The cake stand is 9 1/4" square and 7 1/2" tall. This is a heavy and impressive piece of glass. There is a tiny spot of roughness on one corner that did not show up on any photos I tried to take of it. **SOLD** |
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| TEXAS, the States pattern is aka Loop with Stippled Panels is U S Glass Co's. pattern #15067 from ca. 1900. This pattern is difficult to find in any form. It is 9 1/2" in diameter with turned up scallops; 6" tall. $275 |
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| If you don't like your ARCHED FLEUR D LIS flat, how about a folded up banana stand? Again, a Bryce Higbee & Co. 1898 pattern that is 9 3/4" x 5 1/2" bowl and it is 7 1/2" tall. $110. |
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| This is one of the largest pattern glass cake stands made. MAJESTIC aka PURITAN aka Divided Block w/ Sunburst is a McKee product ca. 1893. It is just under 12" in diameter, has turned up edges and a wafer connection between the plate and the standard. We have a pair of these for $145 each. |
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| VIRGINIA is the name of this spectacularly shiny cake stand made by the Tarentum Glass Co. ca. 1894. It has an icing rim and a rum well, is 10 1/4" diameter and 6 1/2" tall. The glass is clear and heavy. $125 |
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| This Cottage pattern is the only cobalt
blue EAPG cake stand we've ever had and it is in our collection. Only included here to show it off. Not for sale. Pretty, no? |
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PRESSED DIAMOND is a pattern by the Central Glass Co. made in ca. 1885. |
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| U S COIN aka SILVER AGE aka COIN aka FROSTED COIN may be the premier pattern of Early American Pattern Glass. The Central Glass Company, in a burst of merchandising creativity, decided to 'mint' a pattern with actual 1892 United States currency in the molds. It took about 5 months for the Feds to find out about it and order the company to destroy their molds. Fortunately they did not destroy all of the dishes that had been made with them.** The top of the U S Coin cake stand includes impressions of nine 1892 dated dollars on the top, 5 obverse & 4 reverse. There are 6 quarters on the standard, 3 obverse & 3 reverse. It is 10" in diameter & has an icing rim.**SOLD** **Short version of a long story. |
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here is an 11
1/2" diameter version of the Hobbs Hand Stand. This standard looks just like the 9" one except it is clear glass instead of frosted. The white dot in the glass is a spot of undissolved sand. It is totally inside the glass so definitely dates from the time of manufacture . They were not big on quality control in the 1880s. **SOLD** |
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| What a beauty! This is a very interesting pattern
by Dalzell, Gilmore & Leighton ca. 1880s. It is called by many names by collectors but we call it Cornucopia. It is also called Strawberry & Currant or Three Fruits which is a misnomer because there are many more than 3 fruits shown on all the pieces. In fact all the forms have different combinations of fruits on them. This cake stand in the pattern has what appear to be blackberries & strawberries. It is 9 1/4" diameter and 6 3/4" tall. $185 |
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| WILLOW OAK aka Oak Leaf aka Acorn & Oak aka Wreath
pattern, by Bryce Bros. in the 1870s was made in clear, amber, scarcely in blue and rarely in vaseline colors. This is the clear in the larger 10 1/2" diameter size. It is damage free and $85. |
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