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Green

  

The two colourants often used to create green glass were iron and chrome, as well as uranium for the green/yellow-green colour that glows brightly under ultra violet (UV) light, which is known as vaseline.

The greens, from the lightest up to darkest:

 

Ice green – pale green (we’ll come to it again later in the Controversies) – known with touch of opal too (ice green opal).

Florentine green – Fenton’s ice green really, can be stretchy and may have a faint UV glow.

 

Northwood Peacock at the Fountain, ice green

 Northwood Peacock and Urn sauce, ice green

 Imperial Pansy bowl, helios

Imperial Pansy bowl, helios

 Millersburg Cherries tumbler, green  Northwood Dandelion tumbler, green

Two green tumblers. Left: Millersburg Hanging Cherries, and right: Northwood Dandelion.


Afterglow green – a pale green Dugan–Diamond colour from the 1920s and very early 1930s. No UV reaction. Usually has a marigold iridescence.

 

Lime Green - at first glance it may be perceived as being similar to vaseline, as it is a light, limey shade. However, lime green is not reactive to UV light. Lime green sometimes can have a frosty iridescence (lime ice green) and thus may also be perceived as being similar to ice green. Lime green can also be found with either a pastel or a marigold iridescence.

 

Lime green opal – lime green with a white opal edge is also known.

Vaseline – a limey yellow-green. It has uranium as its colorant and is UV reactive. The iridescence can be marigold or delicate pastel. To be true vaseline it must have a vivid UV glow. Some clear/flint/marigold glass will have a dull glow caused by manganese in the batch used as a decoloriser i.e. to neutralise the green from iron impurities.

 

 Millersburg Feather and Heart pitcher, vaseline  Sowerby Pineapple bowl, vaseline  Millersburg Concave Diamonds, vaseline

All these pieces are in vaseline, also the colour varies from one that is more green, through yellow-green, to one that is more yellow in appearance. From the left: Millersburg Feather and Heart pitcher, Sowerby Pineapple bowl and the base of a Northwood Concave Diamonds tumbler.

 

Vaseline Opal is also known.

 

Citrine – a deeper yellow-green than vaseline, but not quite olive green. No UV glow.

Helios – a mid green that sometimes has a faint UV glow. Its main characteristic is a distinctive silver-gold metallic looking iridescence.

 

(Standard) Green - the mid range green colour that represents the bulk of green Carnival Glass production.

 

 Fenton Banded Drape pitcher, green

Fenton Banded Drape pitcher with enamelled Forget-me-Not design, green (which is unusual for enamelled items)

 Fenton Zig Zag water set, florentine green

Fenton Zig Zag water set with enamelled Shasta Daisy design, Florentine green

 

  Riihimaki Starburst tumbler, green Northwood Oriental Poppy, olive green

Two very unusual tumblers.

Left: Riihimaki Starburst in green (see base), one of only a handful known in green. Right: Northwood Oriental Poppy, lime ice green.

Alaskan (Green) – an early Northwood colour, with a strong marigold iridescence on mid green base glass.

Emerald – mid green base glass with a blue green, vibrant iridescent effect. Much controversy though, see the Controversies section.

 Fenton Concord bowl, emerald green

Fenton Concord bowl with candy ribbon edge, emerald green

 Four Flowers Variant chop plate, emerald green

A very rare and spectacular Four Flowers Variant chop plate, emerald green

Nile green – opaque yellow-green.

Olive and Russet – slightly yellow / brown.

Teal – see section on blue.
 

 Marigold, clear, white and smoke  Clambroth, amber, pink and yellow  Opaque and Semi-opaque  Blue
 Green  Amethyst and purple  Red and amberina  Controversies

 

 

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