Bowknot green depression glass is a bit of a mystery because we don’t know for sure who made it or when. The experts attribute it to Belmont Tumbler Company, the company which produced Rose Cameo, during the late 1920s. It’s a very pretty pattern with a design of ribbons and bows in between fancy scroll motifs.
When I first started with glass in 1999 we used to see Bowknot once in a while at malls or auctions but I’ve not seen pieces lately. It’s a very pretty pattern that goes beautifully with the scalloped rims on plates, sherbets and bowls. Green is the only color known although Belmont Tumbler (if they did make it) produced other glass in iridescent and clear.
You can get a small set of Bowknot to use for afternoon tea or desserts. Look for the small bowl, much like the sherbet shown above, a larger cereal bowl, both a footed and a flat tumbler, cup and 6 3/4 inch salad plate that doubles as a saucer. That’s it!
These few pieces will take you a while to accumulate if you choose to look in person at shops or shows. Looking online today (late March, 2021) I found every piece of Bowknot except the cereal bowl on eBay (plus lots of pieces with ribbons and bows that are not Bowknot).
Be sure to check for damage to the scalloped rims on Bowknot and the inside rims of the bowls, cups and sherbets. It’s easy to get rough spots on inner rims if you stack bowls or plates, and the protruding, scalloped edges on Bowknot rims and bases can get nicks. This close up photo shows a nick that is hard to see but easy to feel.
Overall Bowknot is a charming small pattern of depression glass. If you like it, collect it!