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Northwood Hearts and Flowers Compote

23 Thursday Aug 2012

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We went to Cobourg on the weekend for the Rotary Ribfest.  I wanted to stop at the Antique store next t Meet at 66 King East.  I was in there a couple months ago and saw a hand vase that I should have bought, but didn’t.  So…I thought I’d see if it was still hanging around (it wasn’t).

I saw this piece and fell in love.  It was more expensive than I usually pay so I couldn’t buy it without some research.  Came home, researched, went back the next day and bought it.

This is my first piece of Northwood Glass.  It was made in the first decade of the 20th century.  It is carnival glass.  This piece is white with a coloured irridesence.  The pattern extends down the stem of the compote.  Very intricate and very pretty.  The pattern comes in a number of beautiful colours and on other pieces as well.

The more I read about Carnival glass and the more pieces I see, the more interest I have.  I have another Northwood piece coming in the mail  Looking forward to seeing it.

Indiana Glass Harvest Gold Carnival Wedding Bowl

08 Tuesday May 2012

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The colours just don’t show up in the photo.  This is a very attractive piece.  I would have called it a compote, although it is larger than my other compotes, until I saw the piece from Indiana Glass.  “The Harvest Gold Carnival Wedding Bowl was first sold separately as a wedding or fruit bowl. It was later packaged with the matching candle holders and sold as a console set. The candleholders were never sold separately so they can be tough to find. The gold carnival wedding bowl is a large bowl measuring 8 1/2 inches tall and 8 inches acrossed the scalloped top. It was only made in gold carnival glass. It was NOT made in blue or lime green carnival.”

I’m not sure if the name ‘wedding bowl’ implies that it was intended to be a boxed wedding gift, or if it’s simply just a name.  I found it at a Value Village and ‘had’ to add it to my collection of marigold, amber pieces.  But the size precludes adding too many  – not enough space to store them.

Pretty to look at in the sun however.


Indiana Gold Carnival Hen on Nest

29 Sunday Apr 2012

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This is yet another example of my non-collection of hens on nests.  Very pretty.  I gather that Indiana Glass made these in clear, olive, pink, ruby flash, and milkglass, as well as in the Carnival colours.

From Indiana Glass “The carnival glass Hens or Hen on a Nest were made by Indiana Glass in the 70’s.  These were made in all three of the carnival glass colors, blue, gold and lime green carnival glass.  Indiana Glass made their Hens for 70 plus yerars.  According to Indiana Hon collectors, the can be found in 80 different colors.  The above three are the only carnival glass version.“  See this site for photos of the three colours.

I have this, along with my other hens, on a low white bookcase in our front window.  Very pretty.