LEE/ROSE NO. 127-A CUP PLATE, deep amethyst, very

LEE/ROSE NO. 127-A CUP PLATE, deep amethyst, very thick variation, 34 bull's-eye scallops. Extremely rare. Midwestern. 3 9/16" d.
Reference: McKearin Am. Glass, pl. 185, fig. 70, "100 Best" colored.
Provenance: Collection of Anne and the late Leon Powell. Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., 4/4/87, $248.
Note: Only the second example of this important plate that we have sold, the first being much lighter in color. It was on Elsholz's want list but he never acquired a specimen. The McKearin example is the only specimen that we could locate. Rose noted "amethyst specimens are so rare that a single pot of glass, the same pot, would easily account for them.".

Loss of one scallop, another tipped and several others lightly tipped, several top-rim flakes, heavy fin to one side