Description: ITEM DESCRIPTION: 1981 Cape Cod Council - Telephone Pioneers of America ( number stamped on bell reads : 174465 ) Condition - some bubbles are visible through the glass / no major cracks or chipsany questions please ask Pairpoint Cup Plates DO YOU HAVE ANYMORE PAIRPOINT CUP PLATES?A- YESS! Check out my ebay store for more Pairpoint Cup Plates. Over 40 pieces available! Simply click on my Username and it will bring you to my Store's Homepage! HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY PAIRPOINT GLASS?A - Look for a letter 'P' inside a Diamond Shape imprinted on the glass Over 100 designs to collect! Insight & History on Pairpoint Glass Pairpoint Glass Company is an American glass manufacturer based in Sagamore, Massachusetts. It is currently the oldest operating glass company in the United States. The feverish excitement generated by Pairpoint cup plate collecting in the years leading up to 1980, when the so-called “100th Plate” was issued, seems unbelievable today almost to the point of the surreal. Only six years before, in 1974, the Pairpoint Glass Company of Sagamore, Massachusetts, had begun to press small glass plates as fund-raising mementos for museums, churches, clubs and other organizations. The plates measured about 3 1/2 inches in diameter and featured designs submitted by the groups that commissioned them. By 1976 more than 50 different designs had been introduced. That same year collectors founded a national club (the Pairpoint Cup Plate Collectors of America, or PCPCA), and new chapters sprang up quickly as interest grew. In just two years membership skyrocketed to more than two thousand. By 1983 the Pairpoint factory had issued over 250 designs, and Barbara Wordell's Cup Plate Value Guide, published later that year, indicated that some plates were worth as much as 100 times their original price! Today, by contrast, the club has long-since disbanded and, although the factory still presses an occasional new design, collecting activity has largely stopped. How could this be? What circumstances could possibly explain the total collapse of such an energized and widespread collecting phenomenon?
Price: 19.99 USD
Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts
End Time: 2025-01-19T22:42:39.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Origin: Cape Cod
Shape: Round
Occasion: All Occasions
Color: Clear
Item Diameter: 3.5 in
Material: Glass
MPN: 141
Vintage: Yes
Brand: Pairpoint Glass
Type: Collector Plate
Era: Late 20th Century (1970-1999)
Style: Decorative
Time Period Manufactured: 1980-1989
Production Style: Pressed Glass
Shipping: Free to USA from Maine
Production Technique: Hand Pressed
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: American
Handmade: Yes
Item Weight: 2.5 oz avg
