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THE SUNDAY TIMES SECTION WEDDINGS ENGAGEME DELMARVA WOMEN LANDERS SOCIETY ANN TO A Cherished Collection Fine Glassware Displayed With Pride By Owners By PAT ENGLISH Of The Times Staff GIRDLETREE A cherished collection of fine, old European glassware, inherited by a Worcester County couple, continues to grow with their own love and interest in collecting. Emma Scarborough of Girdletree were bequeathed an extensive array of the beautiful and romantic Bohemia glassware pieces by his late. mother, they were already fanciers of American and European cut glass. In the decade since the glassware became theirs, they have added to the glass treasury until today the collection numbers well over 300 pieces. Bohemia glass dates back to the 17th century.

in the mountains of Germany, the glass was blown, cut and polished on wheels and finished by hand painting with scrolls of gold and wreaths of flowers, cupids and vines, more popularly known as the grape or vintage pattern. Deep, rich colors of reds, emerald, topaz, turquoise and chrysoprase were the most popular colors. Deeply recessed cutting and often a pearly white incrustation with grapevines and hunting or bold flowers and birceneor perhaps rural country scenes were used to decorate many pieces. Intricately designed vases feature cut glass drops of prisms. The Scarborough home features the deep red varying shades of the German glassware in many of its rooms.

RATHER than being placed CHERISHED HEIRLOOMS. Emma Scarborough and her Mrs. Searborough shows just a few of their heirloom collection of husband, Irving, a Girdletree general store owner, have enjoyed Bohemia glass perfume bottles, decanters and goblets. (Times collecting American and European WEDDING TEA SERVICE. An unusual European tea service with a pair of tea cups and saucers for a newly married couple are among the vast arrary of antique glass enjoyed by Emma Scarborough.

behind cabinet doors and glass for a "touch-me-not" feeling, the lovely old glass pieces are displayed on antique furnishings, adding a regal touch. some of the most cherished pieces of Bohemia glass are found sitting in the center of an old dining room banquet table. The set of ambrosia pieces with elegant borders of finely cut grape leaves with rabbits, deer and fowl in a forest setting, was a surprise Christmas present to Mrs. Scarborough from her husband several years ago. never dreamed the ambrosia set would be given to me." Mrs.

Scarborough said. "For years I had admired it in the antique shop of the now late Lester Hearthway of Snow Hill. He didn't trust Irving to bring it home. He personally delivered it to us." 'The set includes a large ambrosia bowl with a cover and ladle sitting on a tray with eight footed goblets. The deep lustre of red with an overlay of the white etchings are the perfect compliment for the mellow wood of the antique dining table.

A Empire sideboard contains a grouping of Bohemia decanters. A corner table holds various cruet sets, each designed with a different motif. The white frame Scarborough home was built over 50 years ago. Wooden shelving, now painted white, was designed into the plaster walls in both the dining room and nearby living room. Decanters with the grape leaves and tendrils and bird designs on them as if the shelving was built" just to house the elegant bottles.

Shades of rosy red carpeting with red and green colors found in the tapestry and crewelcovered antique furnishings create a tastefully decorated background for the Bohemia glassware. "It was planned that way, Mrs. Scarborough explained. Although the pieces of Bohemia glass are not actually used, they found placed in the living room areas to be enjoyed, she said. AN OLD desk found on the Eastern Shore is smartly accented with a pair prismed vases.

A low, wooden table in front of the one of two living room sofas, holds a wedding set of Bohemia glass. The set, with a charming tea pot, creamer and sugar bowl and a matching pair of tea cups and saucers, were used just for a married, couple Mrs. Scarborough said. One of the couple's four children, James, a student at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., found a oriental prayer rug and had it shipped to his parents from one of his trips to the Holy Land. The deep reds and blues are perfect used under the table.

All of their children, including Walt Scarborough of Salisbury, Penny Baker of Girdletree Flora Brittingham of near New Church, share an appreciation of the old collection. Even though they don't collect glass for over 40 years. Here Photos by Pat English) Bohemia glass, they each have (See GLASSWARE. I Painting Art Is Hands Down WITH PATIENCE AND The self-taught nail art is demonstrated by Norma Dise, left, applying a curved half moon design on Peggy Smith of Berlin. (Times Photos by Pat English) Barbara Pirie of Wyman Drive, and fingernails day, day, Why of art displayed has had her nails artfully pain- make they are always beautiful?" seen.

ferent designs not them has been making her home in stylist, but. she's also known their hair. In the United States. ted using the elephant tusks patSalisbury since 1971. The former for her creative talents with the I've noticed, the hair is styled tern every week for the past six singer, beauty shop owner and tiniest of brushes.

"Fingernail first and occasionally the months. She loves it. model married Kendall Arden art is the only painting I do," manicure and rarely a pedicure. "It's like having my hair done Dise of Salisbury while he was she said. "I can't even paint on or buying outfit, Mrs.

working in her country with the paper unless it's a sketch of a "ELEPHANT TUSKS," a Pirie said. "Fingernails are a Westinghouse Corp. He is an fingernail. combination of two colors of nail part of the total outfit, so why engineer's aide and has spent polish, skillfully applied by Mrs. not have something many years during his em- nails have Dise, actually do resemble ployment.in various countries, always been important in the elephant tusks.

The half moon MRS. PIRIE'S nails are she said. design is another two color com- carefully shaped each week and For the past six months, Mrs. "Pedicures are just as im- bination artfully swirled on the four coats of polish are applied Philippines," Dise, a trim, petite mother of portant as the fingernails too. fingernails.

to her fingernails before the fifth four, has been "nail painting" at She also paints tiny apples, and final coat of protective Hair-Em South, a Salisbury "In my country women hearts, colorful butterflies or polish is used. beauty salon. coming into a beauty shop perhaps a shamrock or a per- Peggy Smith of Berlin, who always have their finger and sonalized monogram, all on works with jewerly, enjoys pretShe gives facials, is a hair toenails done and sometimes fingernails. ty long nails, especially in her Some designs using swirling job where she uses her hands effects with bright red or soft frequently while demonstrating pink polish over a white or silver rings and bracelets. She just had base coat create conversation, her fingernails painted with nail pieces or show stoppers.

art for the first time. The "half moon pattern" was The cost is nominal con- painted on one hand, while she sidering her mention of a opted for a second design on her current article in the January left hand. Dark pink nail polish issue of the National Geographic was applied by Mrs. Dise with a magazine that showed nail pain- regular nail polish brush. A ting at The Nailery in Los special fine artist's brush was Angeles, Calif.

Women there used to deftly apply tiny black paid as much as $100 a nail for a dots as an accent. likness of King Tut done in gold She was fascinated watching leaf. The craze swept California Mrs. Dise while paint explaining during the of how she learned to do her nail exhibit at a art. California museum of art, "I just learned to watch other Then, too, one of Mrs.

Dise's people nail paint while I owned a customers recently. returned beauty shop in the Philippines," from a trip to Las Vegas where she explained. she had just her pinkies painted She also does her own fingerfor $5 each. nails and proudly showed a different tiny symbol or design on The toenails are often painted each fingernail. by Mrs.

Dise in the summer She claims that fingernail time when feet are exposed polish provides not only a touch more at the beach and in of beauty for the nails, but a carefree sandals. protective coating as well. all, every you wear your NAIL. POP ART. Another of her customers, all COLLECTOR'S PRIDE.

The years ago, is one of the couple's was first made during the 1700s. 19th century, pieces of cut glass or oriental china given to them- by their parents. On their various trips the couple is always searching for that special piece not found in their collection. "We really aren't buying many pieces now," Mrs. Scarborough said.

"That is, unless it's something different than what we already have bentique shops hunting and grounds shows have for many pieces of the glassware. A rare tumbler was first seen during a search at "The Tobacco Barn" in Upper Marlboro during huge antique show. They saw the intensely beautiful glass with an overlay of red and amber colors. But they didn't buy it, deciding to visit all of the antique displays to see other wares as well. When they later decided to buy it, they found they were unable to find that particular booth among the hundreds assembled at the marketplace.

Disappointed, they returned home. A year later, while visiting an antique show in Ocean City, they couldn't quite believe their good luck. There sat the rare tumbler. But for long. It soon found its not, into a special place in the couple's vast treasury, of Bohemia glass.

MORE recently, a pair of tall, stately urns were found on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The museum quality urns fit perfectly into the Scarborough home. A doorway leading from the living room into the dining room was designed with twin pillars and a shelf on each side. They were just waiting for the urns. Among the collection are candy pots or nut bowls, finger bowls, goblets, liqueur and wine glasses, perfume bottles and sweet meat bowls, once used as a part of a dessert service for serving candied fruits.

trifles and similar sweets. They have learned to be cautious on their searches for lovely old Bohemia ambrosia set, a surprise gift at Christmas time favorite pieces of the richly patterned German glass. The glass Pieces in the Scarborough collection are from the 18th and early Page C-3) vine pattern and a woods scene. STATELY URN. One of a pair of the deep red Bohemia glass urns that grace the Scarborough's Girdletree home is shown here.

Standing almost two feet tall, the urn is finely cut with a grape Nail Mom's latest interest in art" has gone to her fingertips! Tiny butterflies and shiny red apples are just some of the designs that are appearing on today's ladies' fingernails. The current American fad of painting" had the thumbs up of fashion approval over three years ago in sunny trendsetting California, But the practice is an old one in the Philippines. Norma Dise, 39, of Salisbury and a native of the Philippines, Trend Setter By PAT ENGLISH Of The Times Staff Art forms are no longer restricted to canvas and sculpture, with the recent news on the fingernails. The shapely hands of Peggy Smith of Berlin display two difpainted by Norma Dise of Salisbury, a native of the Philippines..