Topic: Nappy bowl.

[Anne Tique]

Hello,

I have this VSL footed bowl in two parts, the top comes off the foot, and it is catalogued for 1908 and documented as a Nappy bowl, or in french it is translated as a 'footed bowl with Nappy'. Initially I thought it was just the name of the piece but last week or so, it was mentioned here somewhere and I understood it is a, I guess old, name for a certain type of bowl. It measures 30 cm/12" wide and 29 cm/11,5" in height.

Could anybody tell me please what it stands for and what it means in context to a glass bowl? Is, or was, a Nappy used for something specific? The name tends to make me think of the obvious, but I can't imagine using a complicated cut bowl at the time for nappies and searching the internet hasn't made me any wiser.

Thank you for your explanations.

Anne.

[Lustrousstone]

I think this may help Anne https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/old-fashioned-glassware-terms-4046546

[Anne Tique]

Thank you for that Chistine, I had not seen that. Funny they called it a nappy, as it is not small.

[essi]

Just to add, the term appears in Harold Newman book, An illustrated dictionary of glass.
It is spelt in that book nappie and is said they were a large form of sauce boat.
It says they were made in the USA by the Boston and Sandwich glass co.
Hope this is of some use,
Tim

[Anne Tique]

Thank you for that. Perhaps at the time they misunderstood it at VSL or they just liked the name.