The bowl is not even a slightly good imitation of Ohio's Whirling Star. The stand however is the real thing. As for what is crystal and what is not....."crystal" sometimes describes lead glass.....which can be either molded or blown. Both pieces of this punch set are molded...pressed glass....and because I know what type of glass was used, not lead crystal. How about a picture of the cups? Are they the "real deal" or something newer? Linda C Here is a link that might be useful: Whirling star

I inherited a drink pitcher from my mother. She got it new during WW2. Its not the same pattern as your bowl, but has the same "feeling" of period design. My pitcher is also unmarked. I believe it was a 'premium'. After you bought a given number of boxes of soap or other comsumable merchandice, you could choose a piece of glassware or a plate. There were very few pleasures during the war, but we enjoyed many a serving of ice tea or cool-aid from it. I'm guessing that you piece may be in the time frame of 1945 - 1952, however, it could be from any time after the begining of molded/pressed glass.

It appears to be molded/pressed glass, not cut glass.

It may be helpful to determine if the glass is soda-, lead-, or heavy-leaded crystal. In trying to date some Bohemian stemware, the Rakow Museum curators in Corning suggested I determine the specific gravity of the glass. Remembering my chemistry from back in college almost 50 years ago - yeah, I can do that.... Use Archimede's Principle to determine the *volume* of the piece. Select a proper vessel to hold the object and add enough water to cover. Mark that level. Then submerge the glassware and mark that level, too. The difference in the two will be the object's volume in cubic centimeters. Now weigh the object. Divide one by the other and the result is the specific gravity in grams per cubic centimeter. Soda glass will be on the order of 2.4 g/cc. Leaded glass is about 3.5 g/cc. Heavy leaded crystal will be 4.5+.... With this info, I was able to identify my stemware as Bohemian, 1840-1850. Sadly, no one is buying clear bohemian glass these days.... Cheers