Berwick (Boopie) sherbet dish from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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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.

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