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Three Footed Cut Glass Candy Dish With Bird Medallions And Lid - A three-footed cut glass candy dish and matching domed lid featuring ruby-colored medallions. The clear glass body and lid are decorated with a dense, hand-cut geometric pattern of strawberry diamonds and starbursts. Four oval medallions of ruby flashing are spaced around the bowl, and three are positioned on the lid. Each medallion features an intaglio-cut frosted decoration of a songbird perched on a leafy branch. The bowl sits on three integral scrolled feet. The domed lid is topped with a faceted, ring-shaped finial. Both the rim of the bowl and the rim of the lid are finished with a sawtooth scalloped edge. The glass is clear and resonant, indicating a lead crystal composition. No maker's marks, signatures, or acid-etched stamps are visible on the base, interior, or exterior of the piece.Diameter: 4 1/2 inches across the widest point of the lidHeight: 7 1/4 inches to the top of the finial.