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Title: Carnival
Post by: Aislingeanbeag on May 14, 2013, 02:51:33 PM
We have collected glass for many years!
Mainly cut glass, some pressed, a little Murano, slver and gilded Italian, Bohemia ancient and modern , Davidson, Sowerby all sorts from everywhere!
Over the years we have had a deal of Carnival pass through our home and only a small amount has stayed here.
We know next to nothing and so for a change we decided to learn a little and bought some books, hauled out the few pieces we have left and ......... Help !
We have only provisionally identified two pieces and so I am hopefully going to be helped by all the extremely knowlegeable folk on here.
First what I think is Fenton, but is it and what date ?
Then a little group including some more modern on which we have no info at all!
At the risk of boring you folks my next post will have a couple or so more
 
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Aislingeanbeag on May 14, 2013, 02:54:02 PM
Here is the group!
The Thistle appears to be Canning and the darker yellow/marigold triangular is unusual in that the moulding is all on the outside.
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Aislingeanbeag on May 14, 2013, 02:58:35 PM
Here is the unidentified green base piece!
Also a brown!
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Aislingeanbeag on May 14, 2013, 03:00:12 PM
The Brown has a nice basket pattern on the outside!
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Aislingeanbeag on May 14, 2013, 03:04:58 PM
Here is a view of the triangular with the exterior moulding
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: jsmeasell on May 14, 2013, 03:08:21 PM
The "green base" piece is Fenton's Persian Medallion, and the bowl with the basketweave back is Northwood. This web site would be of great help to you:

www.ddoty.com

 
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Anne on May 14, 2013, 03:12:41 PM
Lovely pieces! Would you please just post one item per topic so we can keep track of which item we are discussing? :)
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Aislingeanbeag on May 14, 2013, 04:27:39 PM
Thank you James and also Anne. [I will note your instructions!]
The website is a treasure house and will indeed be useful if I can ever find my way around it!
The Persian medallion I looked at previously was different to the green base piece above and as none of ours have any makers marks I was reluctant to attribute makers.
With no marks can I call the green Fentons or the Brown grape vine with basket back mould Northwood or can they be copies produced by others?
The Blue in the first post that I thought looked so like Fentons again has no marks but now appears like the Duggan vintage grape pattern
I am so confused!
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Anne on May 14, 2013, 04:38:14 PM
You might also find useful, and enjoy, Glen's fab carnival glass website here: http://www.thistlewoods.net/ :)
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Aislingeanbeag on May 14, 2013, 04:55:56 PM
Yes I have Thistlewoods bookmarked  after reading Glens posts here!
Thankyou again
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Aislingeanbeag on May 14, 2013, 06:09:32 PM
The Amber [brown] base is as you said Northwood listed as 'Variant Grape and cable' but no makers marks!
The Blue is listed as Fentons 'Vintage' but again no marks!
I have now found various pictures of Persian Medallion and I bow to your knowledge as it seems that appearance depends somewhat on mould however the lack of marks is troubling me!

Cheers
Dave 
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Lustrousstone on May 14, 2013, 06:32:19 PM
Almost no carnival has makers marks, so don't worry.
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: rocco on May 14, 2013, 06:45:40 PM
The yellow triangle bowl is Indiana glass from the 1970s I think.

Michael
Title: Re: Carnival
Post by: Anne on May 14, 2013, 07:00:45 PM
As James Measell is the Fenton company historian you can trust his comments to be accurate and based on sound research. :)