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Condition: Used
Manufacturer: NORTHWOOD
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Northwood, Grape & Cable STIPPLED & Banded Bowl, iridescent AMETHYST with strong, gold highlights. This bowl is in excellent condition and belonged to my 92 yr old grandfather's Mother. She acquired this in the early 1920's. It was on display for years and it can be yours now! Unmarked but verified as Northwood.
BACKGROUND ON NORTHWOOD: Harry Northwood founded his own company in 1901 in Wheeling, West Virginia. Prior to founding his own company he worked at a number of well known glass manufacturers, apprenticing and thoroughly learning the trade. Familiar with glass iridescence manufacturing methods from his work in England, Northwood started making iridescent Carnival glass formed in pressed glass molds about 1908 for a wide American market. Carnival glass soon became their most popular product, introducing design patterns such as grape and cable, wild rose, leaf and beads, singing birds, beaded cable, and peacock at the fountain. The grape & cable pattern alone was produced in a fascinating array of vases, dishes, compotes, bowls, and accessories, and other companies soon began copying their designs given the lax copyright laws in the U.S. during that time.Northwood marked many of their pieces with an N in a circle or an N underlined, interesting since so much Carnival glass was unmarked. The company began to falter until finally closing in 1925. |
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