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Section VIWarman’s Milk Glass Addenda1. (Opaque News - September 1996): Plate 46A - b Wild Bouquet Pattern: The maker of this piece has been identified, and the name invented by Warman for this pattern should be corrected to its original designation. Mr. Gardner states, "I found an advertising flyer and good pictures of items in this pattern in Dugan / Diamond, The Story of Indiana, Pennsylvania Glass by William Heacock, James Measell, and Berry Wiggans. It appears this item was produced by the Northwood Glass Works right after it came under the control of the National Glass Combine. The pattern was called "Wild Bouquet." References and pictures are on pages 34-37, and on page 79 (Plates 110 through 118), and page 92 (Plates 337 through 341). Page 36 shows a reprint of 1903 Butler Brothers catalog advertising pieces in this pattern. As a footnote, it appears this is one of the last patterns designed by Harry Northwood before his departure for England." 2. (Unpublished): Second Edition, Plate 49-A, item a, Kilt Creamer. Reference American Pressed Glass and Figural Bottles by Albert Christian Revi, page 26. This creamer is a product of Atterbury & Company was patented as their Basketweave with an added shell ornament. An excellent picture of this pitcher is also on page 26 of Mr. Revi’s book. 3. (Unpublished): Second Edition, Plate 55-D: Arch & Buttons Spooner: This is a product of Tarentum Glass and the pattern is called Cane Insert. A picture of this spooner can be found in the Encyclopedia of Victorian Colored Pattern Glass Book 4, Custard Glass from A to Z, by William Heacock, item 304, page 46. 4. (Opaque News - September 1995): Plates 79C & D Horse Head and the Swan vases side-by-side Recorded in an article, "Frederick Carder Designs Chinex," by Donald S. Hall, THE DAZE, November 1977, is a clue to a possible attribution for one of our milk glass pieces. In his attempt to verify a piece of Steuben glass, Mr. Hall contacted Paul V. Gardner, author of The Glass of Frederick Carder, and a curator of ceramics and glass at the Smithsonian Institution. In his book, Mr. Gardner revealed that both he and Frederick Carder designed and carved plaster molds for the Macbeth-Evans Division of the Corning Glass Works while employed by Corning. Gardner reluctantly admitted that he carved the plaster model for the Swan Song vase. (See Weatherman's Colored Glass of the Depression Era, Bk. 2, p. 262). He also described his designs for two other vases, as follows: "One was a round slightly flaring 'cactus plant' center with two sleeping Mexicans in sombreros seated opposite each other with their backs against the cactus center. The other vase was a square slightly tapered center with two horses heads on opposite sides forming handles. All of these were made in the creamy toned glass, probably Ivex." From this description, it does seem entirely likely that our "unknown" horse head vase, like the Swan Song, is a Macbeth-Evans product. Edwin G. Warman, in Milk Glass Addenda, shows both the Horse Head and the Swan vases side by side (Plate 79 C and D), remarking they were of recent origin, the latter being "15 to 20 years old." The Mexicans with cactus is also a familiar piece, and given all the evidence, we should have little doubt about attributing all three of these pieces to Macbeth-Evans. 5. (Opaque News - March 1998): Plate 86D Square Footed Candle Holder. Hidden in Robert Friedrich’s article, Cambridge Opal Glass in 1903 Part III, published in the Opaque News and illustrated on page 16 of the same issue is positive attribution to Cambridge Glass Company. Back to Top |
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