by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
[column-third-1][/column-third-1][column-third-2][/column-third-2][column-third-3][/column-third-3] Four Seventy Four is one of Imperial’s most endearing patterns, combining a typical cut-style pattern with an almost realistic daisy. In addition to water sets...
by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
[column-third-1][/column-third-1][column-third-2][/column-third-2][column-third-3][/column-third-3] Imperial’s Freehand vases were introduced in the early 1920s to emulate lustrous vases then being imported from Europe. They were blown vases and hand decorated....
by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
This pattern, easily confused with other hat shapes, has leaves from which extend from curved stems that end in a group of seven or ten dots. A scarce pattern. Hats Amethyst/purple, 20 (2003), 10 (2012) Blue, 16 (2002), 25 (2004), 31 (2007), 15 (2013), 30 (2014), 15...
by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
An extremely rare pattern, Frolicking Bears is known only in the pitcher and tumbler, always a sort of olive green. Both show bears in various playful poses against a mountain backdrop with grape vines, leaves, and bunches of grapes around the top. Two tumblers sold...
by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
Vases are very rare in Four Seventy Four. There are three different sizes; 8-inch, 10-inch and 12 1/2-inch. The green 12 1/2 inch example is probably the only one in this color. It sold at the 2012 International Carnival Glass Association convention auction for...
