A vintage white milk glass paneled grape pedestal compote by Westmoreland. 6” Tall By 7” Wide At Top

The Westmoreland Glass Company manufactured decorative glassware in Grapeville, Pennsylvania, beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing through the twentieth century. They produced opaque white glass, often called milk glass, to emulate historic European ceramics and fashionable tableware styles of the Victorian era. Workers pressed molten glass into detailed iron molds featuring raised fruit motifs, then hand-crimped the hot rims to create distinctive ruffled edges.

Homemakers used these pedestal dishes to serve candies, nuts, or fruits during formal dinners and afternoon gatherings in dining rooms and parlors. They were displayed on sideboards or coffee tables as decorative accents when not in active dining use. Production of these traditional pressed glass tableware items gradually declined as changing domestic lifestyles favored simpler, casual table settings.