14 Monday Sep 2020
Posted in Northwood
This butter dish was manufactured by the H. Northwood Company of Wheeling, West Virginia prior to 1924. The pattern, no. 21, was introduced in 1907.
It is a pretty marigold with hints of pink, blue and yellow.
For more information, and other examples of this pattern, check out David Doty’s Carnival Glass Website.
25 Tuesday Aug 2020
Posted in U.S. Glass Factory C, United States GLass
I have come across these crucifix candlestick holders in books, but never before in ‘real life’. My children are Roman Catholics and I wondered if they would like to have this piece (they didn’t). Oh well.
There is an appendix devoted to these crucifixes in volume three of The Glass Candlestick Book by Tom Felt and Elaine & Rich Stoer. There are an astonishing number of variations on the theme. Felt and the Stoers indicate,”Glass candleholders depicting the crucifixion of Christ originated with [the] earliest American pattern glass companies. Boston and Sandwich, the New England Glass Company, McKee and many others from the New England, Pittsburgh, and Ohio areas produced them from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.”
If you have a chance to review this appendix, it is highly recommended. These candleholders have been lavishly photographed and some are very beautiful.
This particular piece was likely produced in Factory C – Challinor, Taylor – circa 1891-1919. It came in three sizes and this piece is considered no. 4 sue to its height of 8 1/2 inches.
Felt & the Stoers comment that the rock-like base, floral design around the cup and wood grain of the cross make this one of the more ornate crucifix designs.
05 Wednesday Aug 2020
Posted in Uncategorized
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Antique Glass, Cottage, Creamer, Dinner Bell, EAPG, Fine Cut, Pattern Glass
I don’t usually pick up EAPG pieces but I was taken by the hands. I thought they were pretty cool.
Given the hands, it wasn’t too difficult to track down the provenance of this creamer.
From the website of the Early American Pattern Glass Society I learned that this piece was made by Adams & Company of Pittsburgh which operated from 1861-1891. This line was introduced in 1887.
While ‘Cottage’ is the original name, the line is also known by: ‘Dinner Bell’; and, ‘Fine Cut Band’.
Given that this piece is more than 120 years old I am astonished by its condition. No chips or nicks – just some surface scratching.