For Sale I have a very nice piece of Carnival Glass made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The Shape or item is known as a "Hatpin Holder" and it is  More »

For Sale I have a very nice piece of Carnival Glass made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The Shape or item is known as a "Hatpin Holder" and it is done in the very popular "Grape and Cable" design. The Hatpin Holder stands 6 5/8" tall and is 2 3/4" in diameter at the feet. The top of the Hatpin Holder is 2 1/2". The Hatpin Holder is made from a very beautiful Amethyst or Purple base glass. The Iridescence is just outstanding! You can see deep rich Purple/Blue iridescence along with Fuchsia and Gold. The Hatpin Holder displays and a very lovely Pattern of Raised Grapes and Leaves that hang from Vine that surrounds the piece. The Bunches of Grapes are large and plentiful. There are Leaves that separate these Vertical Clusters giving this piece some balance. The Veining in the Leaves is just outstanding. You can also see the fine Stippling in the Leaves and this adds more Value to the piece. Just above these Vertical Leaves is a Band that surrounds the lower neck. These are grooves in the Band to simulate a Cable, thus the name "Grape and Cable. The Vase is supported by 3 nicely applied Ribbed Spatula Feet. The Hatpin Holder is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. There is one spot on one of the feet that is pictured that has a flaw. This was caused when the Hatpin Holder was removed from the mold. This is not damage and considered Factory. This is a very nice Hatpin Holder with Strong Detail and Iridescence. These were once Plentiful during the Victorian Era but a 100 years later they are seldom seen in this condition. The piece is unsigned but Northwood is the only Company that made the Grape and Cable Hatpin Holders during this era. These were originally part of a Dresser Set for Ladies. I'm sure the lucky winner will be very pleased with their purchase. This piece was made Circa 1910-1920.   « Less

For sale I have a Beautiful piece of Carnival Glass made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The shape is a Vase and the pattern is "Diamond Point".  More »

For sale I have a Beautiful piece of Carnival Glass made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The shape is a Vase and the pattern is "Diamond Point". The Vase measures 10 1/2" tall and the mouth of the Vase is 3 7/8" in diameter. The Base of the Vase measures approximately 3 1/2" wide. The Vase depicts Diamonds placed in diagonal Fashion from theTop to the Bottom of the Vase. Each of thes Diamonds are in Raised Relief with 4 Facets or Angles similar to a Pyramid. The top one inch of the Vase is almost molded like Leaves to form 12 rounded tips. The color of this Beauty is Lime Green as the definition of Lime Green says that there are hints of Yellow in the Green. The brilliant iridescence on this Vase is Electric and you can see strong hues of Gold, Fuchsia, Teal and Blue. The piece Sparkles because of the High Relief pattern "cuts". The Vase is considered to be in Excellent Condition as there are no cracks, chips, nicks or dings. The piece is signed with Northwood's N in a Circle underlined although it is very faint. The Vase was made Circa 1912-1916.   « Less

For sale is a beautiful Carnival Glass Swung Vase made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The pattern is known as "Tree Trunk" and is Green. The Vase  More »

For sale is a beautiful Carnival Glass Swung Vase made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The pattern is known as "Tree Trunk" and is Green. The Vase measures 8 1/4" tall at the tips of the ruffles and has a base diameter of 3 5/8". The opening at the rim of the vase measures approximately 4 3/4" wide outside rim measurement. The Vase displays different sized and sporadically placed hobs with raised crescent lines in between to give a bark or tree trunk appearance. This vase has a nice wide flaring rim to accommodate a nice bouquet of flowers. The color is green with Marigold iridescence at the top fading towards the bottom two thirds of this vase. This is known as an Alaskan Finish. There are colors of Gold, Purple, Blue, Fuchsia and Teal iridescence that is on the interior and exterior at the top. There is a starred base which is the norm for this pattern. This is considered standard size vase. The piece is in excellent condition as there are no cracks, chips, nicks or dings. The piece is signed on the bottom with Northwood's N Underlined in a circle mark. Here is your chance to own a wonderful piece of Art Glass that is 100 years old and made by one of the Great Master's In American Art Glass. The Vase was made Circa 1911-1917.   « Less

For sale is a piece of Carnival Glass made by The Imperial Glass Company of Bellaire, Ohio. The item is a Flower Vase and the pattern is known as "Ripple". The Vase is a nice  More »

For sale is a piece of Carnival Glass made by The Imperial Glass Company of Bellaire, Ohio. The item is a Flower Vase and the pattern is known as "Ripple". The Vase is a nice petite size as it measures approximately 7 1/4" tall and is 2 1/2" in diameter at the base. It measures approximately 2 7/8" wide at the outside rim. The exterior of the Vase depicts crisp horizontal rings that start at the base and soften in definition nearer the top. It is meant to simulate the rings or ripple from a pebble hitting the surface of a calm pond or water. The interior of the vase has evenly space vertical ribbing to give more depth to this pleasing pattern. There is a ruffled rim with six ruffles and the color is Marigold that graduates to a clear base. There is stong iridescence and you can see hues of Blue/Purple Gold, and Fuschia. The iridescence is "Brilliant". The Vase is considered to be in Excellent Condition as there are no chips, cracks, nicks or dings. The piece is not signed but guaranteed to be vintage Imperial. There is a 16 point star on the bottom of the vase which is the norm for this lovely collectible. The is the smallest Mini Ripple Vase I have ever owned. It is quite hard to find these smaller than 8". The Vase was made Circa 1910-1912.   « Less

For Sale is a piece of Carnival Glass made by The Imperial Glass Company of Bellaire, Ohio. The item is a Vase and the pattern is known as "Ripple". The Vase is a tall size  More »

For Sale is a piece of Carnival Glass made by The Imperial Glass Company of Bellaire, Ohio. The item is a Vase and the pattern is known as "Ripple". The Vase is a tall size as it stands 12 7/8" tall and has a 3 1/4" base diameter. It measures approximately 4" in diameter at the top opening. This is considered a "Middle" size Vase in Ripple as that is determined by the base diameter. The exterior of the Vase depicts crisp horizontal rings that start at the base and softens in definition nearer the top. It is meant to simulate the rings or ripple from a pebble hitting the surface of a calm pond or water. The interior of the vase has evenly space vertical ribbing to give more depth to this pleasing pattern. There is a ruffled rim with six ruffles and the color is Purple. There is an Electric Blue/Purple Gold iridescence as you can see extremely strong hues of Golds, Fuchsia and Blue/Purples all over the exterior. My camera cannot capture the brilliant iridescence this Vase has. The Iridescence runs the entire height of the Vase. It is very strong at the bottom and the top. The Vase is considered to be in Excellent Condition as there are no chips, cracks, nicks or dings. The piece is not signed but guaranteed to be vintage Imperial. There is a 20 point star pattern on the bottom of the vase which is the norm for this lovely collectible in this size. The Vase was made Circa 1910-1912.   « Less

For sale is a beautiful piece of Art Glass made by Mont Joye of Paris, France. There are beautiful Enameled Tiger Lilies on a base glass of Cranberry to Clear. The Vase is  More »

For sale is a beautiful piece of Art Glass made by Mont Joye of Paris, France. There are beautiful Enameled Tiger Lilies on a base glass of Cranberry to Clear. The Vase is very tall as it stands 11 3/8" tall and is approximately 5" in diameter at the base. The opening at the top of the vase is 5 1/2" outside diameter. The Vase depicts wonderful enameling of a Pale Lavender to a medium Purple Lily Petal and another one that is a Pale Yellow and Cream with Green Veins in Full Bloom. There are also Two Lily Buds just to the left of each full Bloom Flower. The lower Bud is more than half opened with the top Bud just starting to open. There are also sprigs of fernery in the background painted in Gold that give the artwork a wispy feeling of Spring in the air. There are also leaves with nice shading throughout and is outlined in Gold and displays gold veins. The Vase is considered to be in Excellent Condition as there are no cracks, chips, nicks or dings. There is very minor gold enamel loss around the top rim as you can see that most of it is there. The beauty is in the Color and Enameling of the Vase. The Vase is signed in gold paint inside the polished pontil with the number "g51" or "146" or something along that line. This is probably the artist or finishers mark. The countersunk polished pontil is always the sign of quality piece of art glass. This is a brief History of Mont Joye Glass. Glass bearing the name «deVez», «Mont Joye», and «Pantin» was produced by the same company. E. S. Monot at La Villette near Paris founded this company in 1850. In 1859, known as «Cristallerie de La Villette» the company was transferred to Pantin, at that time a suburb of Paris and now a part of Paris. After F. Stumpf joined the company in 1868 it became «Monot & Stumpf». In 1873 Monot's son joined the company and the name changed to «Monot, Pere et Fils et Stumpf». About 1894 the company became known as the «Stumpf, Touvier, Violette & Cooye,» and the same company produced «Pantin». After WW1 merged with Legras & Cie. This is an extremely large Mont Joye Vase. You commonly find 6-8" Versions and sometimes you can find 10" ones. It is considerd rare to find one that is almost 12" tall. It was very common for these tall vases to get knocked over and broken. This one is NOT!! This Vase is in amazingly Great Shape for being 100+ years old. Mont Joye enameled glass was produced at the turn of the Century. It was extremely popular both in Europe and North America. This is an extremely large Mont Joye Vase.This type glass was of high quality and became very desirable among Fine Glass Collectors. This Vase was made Circa 1900-1915.   « Less

For sale is a very nice piece of Carnival Glass made by The Fenton Glass Company of Williamstown, West Virginia. The Pattern is "Holly" and the shape is known as a hat or  More »

For sale is a very nice piece of Carnival Glass made by The Fenton Glass Company of Williamstown, West Virginia. The Pattern is "Holly" and the shape is known as a hat or small vase. The Hat stands approximately 3 5/16" tall and is 5 7/8" in diameter at the widest part of the ruffle. The Vase or Hat depicts a pattern of embossed sprigs of holly berries set upon branches of holly leaves. They all climb from the interior center of the Vase which is plain. The exterior is plain as there is no pattern. The bowl is Blue with very Vibrant iridescence. The colors are bright and you can see brilliant Fuchsias, Greens and Blues on the interior and exterior of the piece. The Hat is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. There are some straw marks in the center of the Vase which is a common occurance with carnival glass and does not detract from the value or beauty. The piece is unsigned as is true with this early pattern. Those Collector's of Blue and Fenton and want an excellent example in both form and Iridescence will be extremely pleased with their purchase. This piece is early as it was made Circa 1911-1915.   « Less

For Auction is a beautiful piece of Carnival Glass made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The pattern is known as "Petals" and the shape is a  More »

For Auction is a beautiful piece of Carnival Glass made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The pattern is known as "Petals" and the shape is a Compote. The Compote measures 3" tall at the tips of the ruffles and is 7 1/4" wide. It has a base diameter of 3 5/8". The Compote displays a large petaled Rosette in the center with seven rows of stippled petals or scales radiating from the center. It has a soft ruffle to the edge with eight ruffles. Dugan also did this pattern but not this Low Compote form. The base color of this compote is purple and there is no pattern on the exterior. The iridescence on this stunning piece is Electric as you can see vivid colors of Gold, Blue, Purple, Blue and Teal on the interior. The exterior of the compote has a silver iridescence. The piece is in near excellent condition as there is only a tiny flea nick which I have pictured with my 10X zoom lens and very hard to see. You can't even feel any roughness to the edge it is so minute. The piece is signed on the bottom with Northwood's N Underlined in a circle mark. Here is your chance to own a wonderful piece of Carnival Glass that is Electric yet affordable. The Compote was made Circa 1911-1917.   « Less

For sale is a Beautiful piece of Green Carnival Glass made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The shape is a Vase and the pattern is known as "Flute".  More »

For sale is a Beautiful piece of Green Carnival Glass made by The Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The shape is a Vase and the pattern is known as "Flute". The Vase measures approximately 15 1/8" tall and is 4 1/4" in diameter at the widest flare of the rim. The Base also measures 4 1/4" in diameter. The Vase depicts 8 vertical flutes that go from the top of this beautifully swung and ruffled large example to about an inch above the base. The color is green with heavy Marigold iridescence at the top fading towards the bottom two thirds of this beauty. There are vibrant colors of Gold, Purple, Blue, Fuchsia and Teal iridescence that is on the interior and exterior at the top. There is a starred base which is the norm for this pattern. The Vase is considered to be in Excellent Condition as there are no chips, nicks, cracks or dings. There are tiny air bubbles throughout the vase and a couple of larger ones towards the top. Straw marks and air bubbles are a common occurrence in the manufacturing of carnival glass and do not affect the value. The piece is signed with Northwood's N in a Circle and Underlined that I have not pictured as it is on the bottom INSIDE of the vase. This can only be seen when you look through the side of the vase at the bottom . The Vase was made Circa 1910-1920.   « Less

For Auction I have a Wonderful piece of Carnival Glass made by The Dugan Glass Company of Indiana, Pa. The shape is a Compote and the pattern is known as "Coin Spot". The  More »

For Auction I have a Wonderful piece of Carnival Glass made by The Dugan Glass Company of Indiana, Pa. The shape is a Compote and the pattern is known as "Coin Spot". The piece measures 4 1/4" tall and is 6 1/2" in diameter . The interior of the Compote is plain and the exterior has alternating concave plain flutes with indented oval thumbprints in between. These thumbprints go all the way to the knuckle on the stem of the piece. It has nice iridescence on the interior of the piece with wonderful hues of Fuchsia, Blue, and Teal on a Gold Background. The color of the Compote is "Peach Opalescent" with the milky white opalescence graduating in density up to the ruffled rim where there is a nice white band on the exterior outer edge. This piece has a clear stepped foot. The Compote is considered to be in Excellent Condition as there are no nicks, chips, cracks or dings. The piece is unsigned but guaranteed to be Dugan's "Stippled Petals" Carnival Glass Pattern. The Compote was made, Circa 1904-1931.   « Less