Dinnerware: Botle Buhle Amethyst Glass Leaf Dessert Bowls

Dinnerware: Botle Buhle Amethyst Glass Leaf Dessert Bowls

R 495.00
R 495.00
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Dinnerware: Botle Buhle Amethyst Glass Leaf Dessert Bowls
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Dinnerware: Botle Buhle Amethyst Glass Leaf Dessert Bowls

Dinnerware: Botle Buhle Amethyst Glass Leaf Dessert Bowls

This matching set of four vintage dessert bowls are manufactured by the historic Southern African brand Botle Buhle, Featuring their celebrated organic leaf silhouette. Each bowl is masterfully moulded from heavy-gauge glass into a square-curved leaf form, featuring a deeply texturized exterior with high-relief veining. Executed in a rare and highly collected amethyst smoked-purple hue, this flawless vintage set serves as a premium entertainment asset optimized for serving individual desserts, seasonal fruits, or curated as a striking glassware centrepiece vignette.

The Botle Buhle Heritage: Authentically produced for Botle Buhle, a legendary Southern African household brand revered for decades for supplying heavy, high-quality, and highly sculptural glassware that became staples of local family hosting and entertainment traditions. Authentic Base Markings: The base features the prominent, raised factory mold hallmarks clearly reading: "BOTLE BUHLE", serving as absolute validation of its authentic regional lifestyle pedigree. The Amethyst Material: While everyday lines were frequently executed in standard clear glass, this set represents a highly sought-after amethyst production run, prized by local retro collectors for its unique tonal depth and dramatic shadow refraction.

Original Intended Use: Premium residential dessert service, fruit bowls, or family party hosting. Alternate Suggested Use: A spectacular texturized staging prop system for boutique lifestyle photography, unique floating candle holders on a console table, or a nostalgic holiday gift for a local design enthusiast.
More Details
  • Vintage classic matching set of four Botle Buhle glass serving bowls.
  • Authentic regional household brand manufacture with crisp factory hallmarks intact.
  • Striking multi-toned amethyst smoked-purple glass colour palette.
  • Heavy-gauge texturized leaf exteriors with high-relief organic veining.
  • Good vintage condition with zero flea bites, chips, or internal clouding.
Did you Know?

Botle Buhle holds a legendary place in local entrepreneurship history, empowering thousands of independent distributors across South Africa to build their own independent sales paths through direct-selling party networks. Their heavy glass bowls were specifically engineered to be tough enough to handle massive multi-generational family holiday feasts without chipping. While almost everyone remembers the clear versions used for Sunday trifles and fruit salads, finding a matching set of four in this dark, moody amethyst-purple glass is an absolute treasure for local history collectors!
Origin & Era

Made for Botle Buhle (Southern Africa), c. late 20th century.
Dimensions

Approximate Dimensions: Length 14cm, Width 14cm, Height 6.5cm on the edges and 5cm in the middle.
Vintage Condition

Good vintage collector condition. The heavy glass structures across all four vessels remain exceptionally sound and uniform throughout, featuring zero internal clouding, zero mineral film wear, and absolutely zero flea bites, chips, or hairline fractures along the delicate, wavy leaf edges or smooth base rims.
Price
R 495.00
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