Photos from Readers    Updated 5/31/2009

Occasionally readers of this Web site send me photos of interesting or unusual pieces. Here are a few.

Daniel Ruth sent me this photo of an unusual ashtray. It's 22 inches tall and has an etched design on the surface. Most unusual--have never seen one like it or even a similar one. I would guess that it's from the 1930s, which is when such items were popular. I have seen cigarette boxes done in a similar way.
Paul and Kathy Elbe sent me this photo of their Imperial Hobstar and Arches berry set. Unusual to find the pattern at all, much less in a group of 7 pieces. For a picture of the back pattern, click here.
Adam Aivazian sent me this photo of a Carnival Glass alligator. Quite amazing. I've seen many realistic items in Carnival, but this is the first alligator. It's 12 inches long and has a pontil.
Phyllis Atkinson sent me this photo of her swan candlesticks in blue opal. Yes, they are irdized. They appear to be very similar to candlesticks Fenton made during the 1930s.
In January of 2009, Carl Booker sent me this photo of Lee Markley's Fenton's Flowers (Orange Tree) nut bowl. These are invariably cupped in to a rosebowl shape; this was a new one to me.

Also in January of 2009, Paul Ridder sent me these photos of an 8 3/4 inch by 1 7/8 inch high plate in marigold. It has the Northwood mark, and Paul suggested that the pattern might be Northwood Flute.

I don't recall ever seeing such a Northwood plate but a similar signed plate sold at auction in 1994 and Mickey Reichel sold such a plate in 2002 for $110, noting that it was the first he'd seen. Both were referred to as Flute.

In June of 2008, Chris Reihner sent me photos of his rare 7 1/4 inch marigold Fenton Holly bowl. It's 3 1/4 inches deep and he thinks it's the only one known. He reports that it was shown in one of the earlier editions of the Bill Edwards/Mike Carwile Standard Encyclopedia of Carnival Glass.

Since I posted this photo, other readers have responded saying they had or knew of similar deep round bowls.

In August of 2008, Belinda Prinz sent me this photo of her Three Fruits ruffled bowl with the lettering "Mrs. V.S White, 1910" along one edge (at top here) and "Christmas" on the opposite. That would seem to confirm the date listed by Carl O. Burns in his book on Northwood Carnival published in 2001 that the pattern was first made in 1910.
In March of 2008, Lynn Weber sent me this photo of a cobalt blue Rose Bouquet bonbon that she had inherited from her grandmother. Amazing what turns up sometimes. I've never heard of one other than in white.

Brendan Morant sent me these wonderful photos of a spectacular Imperial Lustre Rose fernery. Says he couldn't find an IG mark, so it appears he has an original. Fabulous piece! Imperial really could apply amazing iridescense.
Tom Garvey sent me this photo of his marigold over milkglass candlesticks. He doesn't know who made them but says they remind him of Fenton. They're 9 inches tall and have a 4 3/8 inch base with fine vertical ribbing on the sides. Anybody recognize them?

In June, 2009, Greg Dilian pointed out that these are Dugan/Diamond's Adam's Rib.


Steve Hollister sent me photos of his blue 9 1/2-inch Four Flowers plate. He was wondering if anyone else had seen one.
Peter Phillips of Melbourne, Australia, sent me this photo of his master Kingfisher bowl. What's unusual about it? While the pattern is quite a common one in Australian Carnival, this one is round, rather than ruffled. Peter says he's heard of only one other. This is the first I've heard of.
Kandis and Bob Richmond sent me photographs of their recently acquired Northwood Bushel Basket with the smooth section of the handle where it attaches. The smooth handled versions are quite rare but even more rare in marigold. This is the first of which I've seen evidence. It also appears to have spectacular iridescence.
Greg Lockhart sent me this photo of his Orange Tree variant tumbler (right), next to a regular example. There are very few of these around, so I'm happy to show one of them. Note that the variant lacks the cable at the top and the pattern between the tops of the orange trees. I'm guessing that the variants were the original tests and once Fenton saw them, ordered more detail cut into the molds.


Mike Richter sent me these photos of his Northwood Diamond Point vase (shown next to a typical example) with most of the base ground off--apparently by someone to "correct" a chip. Seems awfully extreme to go to all the trouble to grind off so much glass for such a fix.