Berwick (Boopie) sherbet dish from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
- Manufactured by
- Anchor Hocking Glassware, American, founded 1905
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Date
- mid 20th-late 20th century
- Medium
- glass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 9/16 × 3 11/16 × 3 11/16 in. (9.1 × 9.4 × 9.4 cm)
- Description
- An Anchor Hocking Berwick (Boopie) clear glass sherbet dish from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The bowl shaped dish has a footed base with a decorative glass ball design. The dish is clear, round, and smooth with walls that taper outward in a rounded “V” shape. Where the bottom of the dish connects to the stem, is a thick glass bead around the circumference of the stem. Below is a thin, reeded stem that tapers outwards to a round foot, decorated at the edge with round glass balls.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Cooking and dining
- Segregation
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.55
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.