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Assorted Carnival Glassware

Manufacturer / MakerCreated by Northwood Glass Company

Dateca. 1915

Mediumglass

Dimensionspitcher: 8 1/4 × 8 × 5 1/2 in. (21 × 20.3 × 14 cm)
tumbler, each: 4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm)
butter dish: 6 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (16.5 × 19.7 cm)
tobacco jar: 5 1/2 × 6 in. (14 × 15.2 cm)
powder jar: 3 1/2 × 3 in. (8.9 × 7.6 cm)
double-handled nappy: 2 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 6 in. (5.7 × 19.1 × 15.2 cm)
lamp: 10 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (27.3 × 12.1 cm)
bowl, each: 2 × 5 1/8 in. (5.1 × 13 cm)
hat pin holer: 7 1/4 × 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 in. (18.4 × 7.3 × 7.3 cm)
covered compote: 9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (23.5 × 17.1 cm)
bon bon dish: 8 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (21.6 × 40 cm)
creamer: 4 5/8 × 5 × 3 3/4 in. (11.7 × 12.7 × 9.5 cm)
sugar bowl: 4 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.8 × 11.7 cm)
spooner: 4 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.8 × 11.7 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift in memory of Barbara Irene McConnell

Object numberVPC1986.47.1.A-Z

DescriptionThis group includes an assortment of carnival glassware items of varying colors with the Grape And Cable pattern. The colors include amethyst, red, green, and one sapphire blue serving bowl. On every item is a depiction of bunches of grapes and grape leaves on a twisting vine, this image has been raised out of the glass. Major items include a lamp, a pitcher with corresponding tumblers, jars for different uses, a hat pin holder, a covered compote, assorted bowls, and a large double handled serving bowl. Throughout the glass on each object is a rainbow iridescent sheen, with some having more significant coloration than others.

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