by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
Carnival or Art Glass? Dugan’s Pompeian Venetian and Japanese glass line production began 1905-1906. These pieces were blown in to a mold, rolled in frit (small pieces of glass) and shaped by hand. The line was likely created to emulate the European and American...
by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
In September 2004, a reader of this website sent me this photo of a spectacular decorated tankard he has had since 1992. The decoration was done on Northwood’s Interior Swirl pattern. It is the only one so far reported. [pdb_list...
by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
From the same era, the 1920s, as the Sowerby covered hen, although somewhat more scarce. Bear in mind that there are similar designs in contemporary Carnival: the version with an open neck is from the original pre-carnival mold (made in the 1920’s in carnival),...
by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
[column-half-1][/column-half-1][column-half-2] [/column-half-2] Not sure why this is called a Variant as it is not related to any other Cosmos pattern. This pattern has the flower in the middle with a wreath of leaves around it. Unlike the Millersburg Cosmos pattern,...
by Brian Foster | Nov 29, 2015
Article by Alan and Lorraine Pickup HOACGA bulletin May, 2002 One way or another hardly a day passes in this house without one of us opening one of our numerous books to explore some aspect of carnival, custard, opalescent, stretch or Greentown type glass. Recently...
