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Carnival Glass Makers
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| Bayel, Clairey & Fains,
France |
Bayel made Carnival, but there is probably more to discover about this French
maker. |
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| The Brockwitz revelation |
The revelation that Brockwitz was making Carnival Glass as early as 1915,
contemporaneously with Classic USA makers. |
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| Fenton old and new |
From Fenton's first ad. in 1908 to identifying modern day production. |
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| Japanese Carnival Glass |
Carnival Glass from an unexpected source - Japan. |
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| The Jobling Discovery |
Another maker uncovered - Jobling of
England. |
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| Kralik made Carnival Glass too! |
The amazing discovery that this famous Czech glassmaker also made Carnival Glass. |
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| Matthew Turnbull |
A new discovery - Turnbull made Carnival
Glass. |
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| Marinha Grande |
This Portuguese glassmaker is now known to have made Carnival Glass. |
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| Millersburg's Masterpieces |
Without doubt Millersburg made some wonderful pieces of Carnival Glass. They also
designed some amazing exterior patterns - identify them here with the help of Glen's brilliantly
detailed line drawings. |
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| Northwood Fakes |
Fakes of Northwood's classic designs - Good Luck, Grape and Cable and Peacocks. |
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| Carnival Glass
Patterns |
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| Buster |
The first reported piece in this pattern |
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| Decorama |
On the search for South American copies. |
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| European Carnival - our "Top Ten" |
We were asked by ICGA to compile a list of out "Top Ten" pieces of European Carnival
Glass. Here they are! |
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| European Carnival - and more... |
We just couldn't stop our "Top Ten" list at ten. So here are our "honourable mentions"
- pieces that we think would be up there, but for restricting the main list to ten. |
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| Fake Kangaroos |
Full details of imitation Kangaroo bowls that have come onto the market. |
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| Fircone vase |
From France to Brazil. |
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| Lined Lattice vases |
Joan Doty's expert views on this Classic vase and connected article on the original
mould. |
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| Orphan Annie |
Background and history of this charming, and rare Westmoreland item. |
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| Peoples Vase |
Massive, imposing and extremely rare. |
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| Riihimaki's Amazon Women vase |
The inspiration behind this very rare Riihimaki Carnival Glass vase. |
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| Rising Sun boxed Gift Set |
Some evidence (but not proof) of which factory made Rising Sun. |
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| Stippled Clover and Gothic |
A very unusual Brockwitz find! |
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| Carnival Glass Shapes |
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| Brockwitz baskets |
Catalogue page from 1928 showing the range of Brockwitz's handled baskets. |
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| A little light in the darkness |
Carnival rarities - Libochovice's Sublime Deco and Brockwitz' Jesus and Maria
candlesticks. |
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| Carnival Glass candlesticks |
A fairly unusual shape for Carnival
Glass. |
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| Knowledge Base |
Some Carnival Glass items have a base that we think is specific to that piece or pattern - test your
knowledge (answers provided). |
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| Carnival Glass -
General |
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| Celeste blue |
A rare and sought-after pastel colour. |
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| Iridescence |
It's what makes Carnival Glass! |
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| The Lined Lattice mould |
The mould for the original Dugan-Diamond vase is owned by Fuhrman Glass Studios. We
show wonderfully detailed pictures of the mould. |
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| The magic about moulds |
Mouldmakers are unsung heroes of glass making. This article shows some original moulds
and the glass they produced, with a first hand account of mould making at Sowerby. |
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| Shear marks |
What is a shear mark? |
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| The side lever press |
Fascinating personal memories of a side lever press
operator in Scotland. |
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| What's in a name? |
Lists all the alternative names that have been used for Carnival Glass, and shows two
examples of Lee Manufacturing Co's catalogue pages from 1915. |
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| Contemporary Carnival |
| Big Pine Key Glass Works |
Glassworks in Florida? Find out all about it. |
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| Fish from Turkey? |
Interesting pieces from Akcam Glass Company.
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| John Cook Studios |
Some beautiful Carnival Glass being made in Gearhart, Oregon |
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| Making the Woodsland Pine |
The wonderful story of how skilled Fenton craftsmen took
a design on paper through to production as a piece of modern Carnival Glass. All the design,
mould making and glass production processes, step by step. |
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| Is Carnival Political? |
Find out here. |
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| Weird and yet.... Wonderful. |
The title says it all! |
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Other Glass
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| Webb's "Bronze" glass |
Webb's iridized "Bronze" glass was a forerunner of Carnival Glass. We explain how it
was made and explore how it and other iridized glass influenced the production of Classic Carnival
Glass. |
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