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  Glass Rose bowls from the Glass Encyclopedia
European rose bowls are larger, without the crimped top, and often with a metal lattice top to hold rose stems, like the brown one on the left.
Rose bowls were popular in Victorian times, and were made in all the major Victorian forms of glass like Burmese, Peachblow, and satin glass.
In Europe they were called "pot pourri bowls" and the name "rose bowl" is used for more or less spherical bowls with a metal grill on top, designed to hold roses on their stems.
www.glassencyclopedia.com /glassrosebowls.html   (549 words)

  
 Rose Antiques
Glass rose bowls have two defining factors: They are round in shape, and their tops have an unusual opening with several ruffles sloping inward.
Rose Medallion is a Chinese ceramic made in the 1800s and 1900s as an export pottery, and both “newer” and “older” versions exist.
Rose gold is alloyed with a greater ratio of copper in the mixture, and it is the copper that produces the reddish color.
www.arantiques.com /Stories/RosesPage.html   (1947 words)

  
 Rose Bowl Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Before the Rose Bowl stadium was built for the January 1, 1923 match, games were played in Pasadena's Tournament Park, approximately three miles southeast of the current stadium.
The 2002 Rose Bowl between Nebraska of the Big 12 Conference and Miami, then a member of the Big East Conference, was the first matchup since 1946 not featuring the traditional pairing.
From 1952 to 1987, the Rose Bowl was televised by NBC in a 1 p.m.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rose_Bowl_(game)   (1135 words)

  
 spots
One of the more common decorations seen in glass rose bowls are those round spots or dots that we all love.
The bowl in Figure 3 is Fenton's "Polka Dot", characterized by staggered rows of spots and a band of white opalescence around the crimps.
These bowls, one cobalt and one cranberry, started life completely cased in white - which was then ground away in a slightly concave manner (thumbprint) until it was through to the inner colored glass.
www.mindspring.com /~reyne/spots.html   (689 words)

  
 Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl does that to people, has since 1902, when the first one was played at 1,000-seat Tournament Park and drew a mob of 8,500 as Michigan routed Stanford, 49-0.
By joining the Alliance, the Rose Bowl loses its lock on the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions; won't always be played in daylight or on January 1; and, believe it or not, could end up with a corporate sponsor attached to its name as early as the '99 game.
After the first Rose Bowl, considered a failure because of an unruly crowd, the game was canceled and replaced with chariot races, ostrich races and even an elephant vs. camel race (the elephant won).
users.california.com /~csuppes/NCAA/Pac10/UCLA/index.htm   (2205 words)

  
 Glass rose bowls: Italian reproductions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The rose bowl on the left is Mt. Washington peachblow color combination (which shades from a delicate rose pink to powder blue gray).
On rose bowls, baskets, toothpicks and many styles of vases, Italian crimps look as if they were pinched, like a cook would pinch pie crust to make the fluted edges.
The pretty lavendar rose bowl above left and the clear blue one on its right both have an applied rigaree around the base, which is the biggest clue that they are Italian reproductions.
www.glass.co.nz /rosebowls.htm   (2808 words)

  
 CHINESE BOWLS- FAMILLE ROSE YONGZHENG
Set of three Famille Rose bowls - 18th century, two of the Yongzheng period - one of the Qianglong period, painted all over with chrysanthemums and other blossoms.
Condition; The large bowl (25.5 cm in diameter - 11 cm in height) with two cracks and a star crack on the base.
The third bowl of the Qianglong period with a scene of a fenced garden (19 cm in diameter - 8.5 cm in height) with a hairline crack to the rim.
www.trocadero.com /stores/joellesantiques/items/608877/item608877.html   (129 words)

  
 Rose Bowl Game Summary
Before the Rose Bowl stadium was built in 1923, games were played in Pasadena's Tournament Park, approximately three miles southeast of the current stadium.
The impact of the BCS on the Rose Bowl matchups has resulted in the initial participation by several teams, even in years when the BCS National Championship Game is not contested there.
The 2004 Rose Bowl, between the Michigan Wolverines and USC Trojans resulted in the Trojans winning the 2003 AP National Title, effectively sharing the 2003 National Championship with BCS Champion LSU.
www.bookrags.com /Rose_Bowl_Game   (1606 words)

  
 The Rose Bowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Today's Rose Bowl had its beginnings in 1890 in Pasadena, Calif., a growing southern California city with a population of fewer than 5,000 people, most of whom had been transplants from cities in the East and Midwest.
For many years the main attraction in Tournament Park (the predecessor of the current Rose Bowl stadium) was chariot races, although polo matches attracted equally large crowds.
The national and international awareness and attention given to the Rose Bowl is unequaled.
www.umich.edu /~bhl/RoseBowl/rosehist.htm   (612 words)

  
 Rose Bowls - by Joyce McGee
Every rose exhibitor is familiar with the modern rose bowl that is essential to the show category for a rose-in-a-bowl competition.
Victorian rose bowls are not for showing roses, although some folks have been known to arrange a few Old Garden Roses in them.
A bowl with a collar base; two with elaborate legs and foot; another with toes and a petal top edge; and one that is stemmed.
www.mirror.org /harrymcgee/rosebowl.html   (1700 words)

  
 Rose Bowl from Derwent Crystal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
All these rose bowls have been hand crafted at our factory in Ashbourne Derbyshire, where you are welcome to visit us to see them being made.
First, the bowl is hand blown by skilled craftsmen, and then they are individually cut, and polished to give the sparkle you expect from a high lead content glass.
Rose petals were kept in the open bowl to add fragrance to a room, a popular idea in a time of limited personal hygiene.
www.derwentcrystal.co.uk /rose_bowl/rose_bowl.html   (202 words)

  
 Vitreous Reality: The Internet Art Glass Discussion Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This rose bowl is nothing special in that it is not made of a famous type of glass such as Burmese, peachblow or Crown Milano.
Rose bowls can vary in size from miniatures which are less than 2 inches in diameter to very large ones, bigger than a foot in diameter.
Green is a hard-to-find color in satin glass, and the enameling on this Shell and Seaweed rose bowl is exquisite to boot.
www.arsh.com /art-glass/collect/bankie   (760 words)

  
 Rose Bowl Tickets - 2007 Rose Bowl Game, USC vs Michigan
The Rose Bowl is known frequently as “The Granddaddy of ‘Em All.” And, true enough, the Rose Bowl is the oldest of college football’s postseason bowl games.
With the creation of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in 1998, the Rose Bowl joined a four-bowl rotation which would determine the national champion; the 2002 BCS national-championship game, when the Miami Hurricanes defeated Nebraska 37-14, was the first since 1946 to not feature the traditional Pac-10 vs. Big Ten matchup.
Rose Bowl Stadium, home of the Rose Bowl Game (BCS National Championship Game) is also home of the UCLA Bruins football team, 4th of July celebrations, concerts, religious services, and the world's largest flea market.
www.razorgator.com /tickets/sports/football/college-bowls/rose-bowl-tickets   (612 words)

  
 Glass-Rose Bowls at The Purple Palace
Crystal Rose Bowl We're still waiting for our roses to bloom so we can fill our various rose bowls, but until then our newest little three-legged guy is keeping himself in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or nicks.
Amber Hobnail Rose Bowl We just love these short squatty guys with three legs, although the English have a rather nicer name for them: rose bowls, and not as in football.
There are no signature marks, and he is in excellent condition except that the mold marks are a little rough, which does not detract from the beauty of this piece in the least.
www.tias.com /10600/InventoryPage/1820806/1.html   (396 words)

  
 The Rose Bowl 2000
The Cardinal (8-4), playing in their first Rose Bowl in 28 years, were held to 259 yards of total offense after averaging 467 per game this season.
It was the lowest-scoring Rose Bowl since 1977, when Southern California defeated Michigan 14-6.
Though the game was listed as a sellout, the attendance of 93,731 was the smallest Rose Bowl crowd since 1955, perhaps adding fuel to complaints the Bowl Championship Series has diluted interest in other bowls.
www.mmbolding.com /bowls/Rose_2000.htm   (986 words)

  
 NCAA Football - CBS SportsLine.com
The Rose Bowl seemingly scuttled the most reasonable solution to the now-critical negotiations, the so-called "piggyback" model that would add a fifth game but keep it within the current BCS-bowl lineup: Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange.
The two mega-conferences were suddenly not in favor of the piggyback if the Rose Bowl wasn't incurring its share of "liability".
The Rose realized its new clout (and problems) shortly after the summer of 1998 when BCS co-creator Roy Kramer convinced then-Rose Bowl Committee chairman Harriman Cronk that the Rose Bowl should join the BCS.
www.sportsline.com /collegefootball/story/7399846   (1252 words)

  
 Rose Bowl a Letdown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The other alternative would be to let the Rose Bowl have its Big XII #1 play its Big Ten #1, and then if one of those team qualifies for the championship, they play an extra game.
The conference bowl match-ups have always served as a way to measure, year in and year out, which conference is superior.
If you look at the results of the Rose Bowl, it is no coincidence that there are long streaks for each conference, emphasizing the rise and fall of each.
sports.wnur.org /analysts/rm010706.html   (945 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Granddaddy of all Rose Bowls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Rose Bowl has produced six AP national champions in its history, but three times the coaches broke and gave their award to a different team.
No. 1 Miami defeated Nebraska —; which had just come off a bad loss to Colorado — in a BCS mess of a 2002 Rose Bowl, but the Huskers were ranked only fourth by AP.
For the first time in the Rose Bowl, there will be two Heisman winners — Bush and USC quarterback Matt Leinart — on the field at the same time; last year's BCS title game at the Orange Bowl featured Heisman winners Leinart and Oklahoma's Jason White.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635173712,00.html   (777 words)

  
 Rose Bowl has new sponsor
The sponsors for the other major bowls are: Fiesta Bowl, Tostitos; Orange Bowl, Federal Express; and Sugar Bowl, Nokia.
The Tournament of Roses Association, which stages the game in Pasadena, does not participate in sponsor negotiations but does have a final say in the sponsorship.
Under the deal signed in 1998, ABC paid $19 million each year to the Tournament of Roses to broadcast the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Rose Bowls and $20.5 million to broadcast the 2002 game.
espn.go.com /ncf/bowls02/s/rose_playstation.html   (161 words)

  
 Rose Bowl Game ~ Tournament of Roses
The Tournament of Roses Association offers escorted "land only" tour packages for visitors interested in attending the 2007 Rose Bowl Game and/or Rose Parade.
The Rose Bowl Hall of Fame honors outstanding individuals whose achievements have contributed to the success of the Rose Bowl Game®.
Enhance your Rose Bowl experience in this all-inclusive hospitality venue for those individuals or groups that wish to participate in the official pre-game celebration.
www.tournamentofroses.com /rosebowlgame   (236 words)

  
 Rose Bowl History 1947-2001 quiz -- free game
The Rose Bowl began matching the champions of the Pacific Coast Conference and Big 10 in 1947.
In the 1984 Rose Bowl, 10-1 Illinois was a solid favorite over 6-4-1 UCLA.
Illinois threw an pass they thought was incomplete, but it was ruled a lateral and UCLA returned it for a TD UCLA receiver Karl Dorrell caught a pass that was deflected twice and went 50 yards for a TD Illinois had touchdown passes called back on penalties on three plays in a row.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz2212081954048.html   (610 words)

  
 The Rose Bowl 1986
It was U.C.L.A.'s third Rose Bowl victory in the last four years and the Pac-10's fifth straight triumph over the Big Ten.
Ball's four touchdowns fell one short of the Rose Bowl record set by Neil Snow of Michigan in the first Rose Bowl game in 1902.
Hayden Fry, Iowa's coach, had to swallow another bitter pill of Rose Bowl defeat just four years after his Hawkeyes were upset by Washington, 28-0, in the 1982 game.
www.mmbolding.com /bowls/Rose_1986.htm   (804 words)

  
 Ohio State-USC recalls legendary Rose Bowls
Take the Rose Bowl for an example, since the PAC-10 and Big-10 pact was fromed in 1947 to 2001 USC had appeared 19 times with 12 wins against 7 losses all against Big 10 teams.
The USC vs. Ohio State Rose bowl match-ups have some beautiful memories for a lot of people.
My parents met at the 1969 Rose Bowl when O.J. Simpson was having a banner year for the Trojans.
www.topix.net /forum/ncaa/oklahoma/TA8ID3C5GVUUFT2AN   (2426 words)

  
 Chinese famille rose bowls Guangxu mark and period
Chinese famille rose bowls Guangxu mark and period
A pair of Chinese guangxu mark and of period porcelain bowls, en suite with my item 599247 but larger, enamelled in the famille rose palette with roundels within gadrooned and fret borders.
condition: one bowl perfect, the other with a small(4mm) surface chip to the outside of the rim, as seen in the image.
www.trocadero.com /stores/tuberose/items/599272/item599272.html   (87 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Collectible Glass Rose Bowls: Books: Johanna S. Billings,Sean Billings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Collectible Glass Rose Bowls is an excellent history of the glassmaking artistry of rose bowls.
Johanna also gives great details on the method of manufacture of the rose bowls that are pictured and a bit of history on the companies that produced each item.
If you think rose bowls are simple and boring, you will change your mind in very short order.
www.amazon.com /Collectible-Glass-Bowls-Johanna-Billings/dp/1582210098   (785 words)

  
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and show you the variations in the bowls that were produced.
these bowls were made in both satin (acid treated) and glossy finish.
creamer sets were made in many of the variations of the peachblow rose bowls).
www.voicenet.com /~stuhorn/peachblow/Page_1x.html   (718 words)

  
 Craft Projects
Use the eraser end of a pencil to pull the tulle away from the sides of the rose bowl in places to tuck the beads down a bit more toward the lower side of the bowl.
Finally the Glittering Plum Paper Rose* - Tip sideways, since it is a bit bigger than the opening of the rose bowl; then turn to settle in the middle of the tulle/bead nest.
Use eraser end of a pencil to raise the Rose up a bit and tuck obtrusive edges of tulle under the large rose petals at the base of the rose.
paperroses.faithweb.com /whats_new.html   (345 words)

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