Famous makers include:
Northwood of West Virginia. Most of his glass is marked with an N in a circle.
Imperial The factory was in Bellaire, Ohio. Imperial glass appeared in clear. purple
and green, as well as some blue and red.
Fenton. The Fenton Art Glass Company's factory is in West Virginia, USA, and introduced iridized
pressed glass in 1907. Fenton produced some unusual colours such as pastels, and also
rare early red pieces.
While US manufacture of carnival glass declined in the 1920's, it was still being produced in other countries such as Australia, Belgium. France and Czechoslovakia, until the Second World War.
From the 1960's onwards, reproductions of earlier pieces were produced, with factories using their own old moulds, or those of firms no longer in business.
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| Green, fluted plate with Imperial "pansies" design. | Orange sugar, with Imperial "scrolls" design inside and a pattern of arches & diamonds outside. |
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| Orange bowl, with Imperial "grapes" design inside and outside. | "Grapes" design - a detail |
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| Purple bowl with Imperial "scrolls" design inside, silvery sheen. | Purple bowl - a detail. |
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| Yellow oval dish, with Imperial "pansies" design inside, and outside a studded patchwork design of alternate shiny and matt diamonds. | Another view. |
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| Yellow iridescent oblong flower trough, with Millersburg "diamonds" pattern outside. | |
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| Purple bowl, with Imperial "scrolls" design inside, multicoloured sheen.Also a moulded pattern under the foot. | Multicoloured purple bowl - detail |