Pairpoint Puffy Multi-colored Poppy

A Bold and Beautiful Classic of the Pairpoint Puffy Line

The Pairpoint Puffy Poppy is one of the most recognizable and beloved designs produced by the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This example features a 14-inch blown-out shade with large, sculptural poppy blossoms rendered in vivid red, orange, yellow, and white their ruffled petals molded in dramatic high relief against a backdrop of rich green foliage.The multi-colored poppy design showcases the full range of Pairpoint's reverse-painting artistry, each petal transitions through warm tones with remarkable naturalism, and when illuminated, the shade produces a stunning glow as light passes through the translucent layers of color. The deeply sculpted flowers give the shade a bold, three-dimensional presence that is unmistakably Pairpoint.The shade rests on a signed Pairpoint base in dark patinated metal. A striking and collectible example of early 20th-century American art glass.