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.
14 Saturday Sep 2019
Posted in Hobb and Brockunier
This covered dish was manufactured by Hobbs, Brockunier & Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, sometime in the 1800s. The pattern was introduced in 1876.
This is pattern no. 76 and it has a number of more commonly known aliases: Hobbs’ Centennial, Viking, Bearded Head, Bearded Prophet, and Old Man of the Mountain(s).
The piece stands approximately 6 1/4 inches from the table top to the top of the helmet. The diameter of the opening is 5 inches. I don’t know if this is a comport/compote, butter dish or cheese dish.
I gather from my handy dandy book – American Pattern Glass Table Sets by Cathy and Gene Florence – that pieces in this pattern include a butter dish, sugar with lid, creamer, spooner and celery vase.
The finial has the face on both sides and the feet are also decorated with the face. Pretty neat piece!
16 Monday Feb 2015
Tags
Butter Dish, Doyle, EAPG, Pattern Glass, Pressed Glass, Two Bands
I am not particularly interested in pressed glass patterns, but every so often one ‘falls’ into my hands. I picked this up at McGregor’s awhile back and am just getting around to trying to ID it.
I found the ID at this great website – PatternGlass.com. While they sell glass, their site is also a source of a great deal of information. They also offer to identify people’s glass.
They define EAPG as:
“Early American Pattern Glass, also known simply as “pattern glass”, “pressed glass”, or Victorian glass, is pressed glass tableware (& some related novelty glass items) made during the Victorian period ca 1850-1910, only in America, in goblets and in “sets” such that all of the pieces in the set match in design. These sets of dishes were made by hundreds of glass factories- some more long-lived and more well-known today than others. The number of patterns of EAPG has been estimated to be as high as 3000 however in some of those patterns only a few forms (or items) were made. The number of patterns made in extensive sets was probably closer to 1000. In the 3rd and 4th decade of the 20th century, sets of pressed glass dishes were made also and those are generally referred to as “Depression Era Glass”.
I also learned that EAPG should glow yellow under a blacklight. I didn’t know that…and wouldn’t have guessed it. Sure enough, the thick bands of this butter dish glow under blacklight.
I scrolled through the pages of this website and found my butter dish. It is identified as:
“TWO BANDS pattern is aka Doyle’s #200, having been made by Doyle & Co. ca. 1890.”
This piece has a number of chips and other dings. But it is still amazing that it is still usable and attractive even at the ripe old age of 125 years!
Many thanks to this comprehensive site and its knowledgeable owners.