Avon Victoriana Turquoise Swirl Slag Glass Basin Bowl with Embossed Roses, Marked Avon 31
This is the basin from Avon's Victoriana pitcher and bowl bath set, made in the 1970s. It is a small round bowl of opaque swirled slag glass, turquoise (a milky aqua green) streaked with darker teal, with embossed rose sprays and leafy vines around the outside, a flat outturned rim with an inner ledge, and a flat circular well in the center framed by molded scrolls, where the matching pitcher stands. The base is molded Avon with 31 below. Sellers attribute the glass to Fostoria for Avon, though the mark names only Avon. Avon also sold the set in a bluer shade.
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Avon's Victoriana bath set
Avon sold the Victoriana set as a miniature pitcher and wash basin in swirled slag glass with embossed roses. The pitcher came filled with bath oil or foaming bath oil, and a matching soap dish was also sold. Sellers date the set to the 1970s, with blue versions listed as 1978, and several attribute the glass to Fostoria. When sold, the pitcher stood in the basin's center well.
Turquoise swirl basin with embossed roses
The Avon Victoriana basin bowl is the shallow wash-basin half of a miniature pitcher and bowl set. It is pressed opaque glass in a swirled slag or marbled finish: turquoise (a milky aqua green) with lighter white-green areas and thin streaks of darker teal (a deep blue-green) running through it. Flaring out from a narrow foot to a wide, flat, outturned rim, the sides make the bowl look like an old washstand basin in small scale. Its surface is glossy.
Around the outside wall, embossed in relief, are sprays of full-blown roses with buds and veined leaves, linked by thin curling vines and leaf tendrils. Inside, a step or ledge runs just below the rim. The center of the floor is a flat, slightly raised circular well about the size of the pitcher's foot, framed above and below by small molded C-scroll flourishes. Otherwise the inside walls are plain.
Underneath, a low round foot ring encloses a flat base with the mark molded in raised letters at the center: Avon in rounded capitals with the last letter shaped like a lowercase n, matching Avon's logo of the period, and the number 31 in plain digits centered below it. A faint mold line shows on the foot.
On this copy: the bowl was not measured; sellers list the Victoriana basin at about 5 inches wide and 1.5 inches tall. Dust, lint and white residue sit inside, with tan grime packed into the inner ledge and at the foot. The top of the rim has a rough worn patch and a small nick, and the surface shows light scratches. No cracks were seen.
- Form: Shallow round basin with flared sides, flat outturned rim, foot ring
- Material: Pressed opaque swirled slag glass (sellers call it jadeite or milk glass)
- Colors: Turquoise, a milky aqua green, with dark teal streaks
- Outside decoration: Embossed rose sprays, buds, leaves and curling vines
- Inside: Ledge below rim; raised circular center well framed by molded scrolls
- Mark: Avon / 31 molded in raised letters, center of base
- Set: Basin of the Avon Victoriana pitcher and bowl bath set
- Era: 1970s
- This copy: Not measured; residue and grime inside, worn patch and small nick on rim, no cracks seen
Base (molded, raised): Avon 31
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| Vintage Avon Victoriana Green Swirl Milk Glass Pitcher Bowl Set eBay | $24.95 | $7.75 | $32.70 | Listed | View ↗ |
About the Avon Victoriana Swirl Glass Basin
What is a small turquoise glass bowl marked Avon 31?
It is the basin from Avon's Victoriana pitcher and bowl bath set from the 1970s. The pitcher held bath oil and stood in the round well in the middle of the bowl.
Who made the Avon Victoriana pitcher and bowl?
It was sold by Avon, whose name is molded on the base. Several sellers say the glass was made by Fostoria, but no Fostoria mark appears on the piece.
How do I tell the Avon Victoriana bowl from other slag glass bowls?
Look for the Avon mark on the base, embossed roses and vines on the outside, a ledge inside the rim and a flat round well in the center framed by small scrolls.
Is the Avon Victoriana basin rare?
No. Collectors describe the set as fairly common, and it turns up in both aqua-green and bluer shades.
- Owner's photos
- eBay listing
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