Rare Cera Glass Square Trays Set 2 24K Gold Games Chess Dominoes Smoky1950s MCM

This is a Mad Man/Mid Century Modern style retro glass serving tray set by Cera Glass in a pattern featuring chess & domino pieces accented heavily in 22K gold on a clear smoked glass background. This pattern is incredibly rare and even rarer to find one in such excellent condition. Both have the Cera Glass mark. The set includes: Large square tray – 11.75″w x 1.75" d Sm square tray – 8″w x 1.5" d Cera Glass/Ceraglass was made in Hackensack, NJ, USA, in the 1950s & 60s. They created elegant mid century modern cocktail glasses, bar ware and other specialty pieces which were sold in high end department stores of the era. Anthony Velonis, who was already a famous WPA silkscreen artist, started the Ceraglass Company which pioneered methods of silkscreen printing on glass. Like Culver glass which operated at the same time period, his designs were trimmed in 22K gold. Condition*: Excellent to mint. I am not seeing any wear on the gold & the signatures are bright and complete (they are lighter gold and are the first things to wear.) The gold trim is in excellent condition and brilliant in color. Here and there are some black dots, especially the smaller tray but I think that may be part of the manufacturers process. Keats said "A thing of beauty is a joy forever". Each of us has a different idea of what "beauty" is. I find unique vintage items and offer them to you, the beholder. Have you found your thing of beauty?