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Carnival glass is highly collectable inexpensive pressed glass, made as
both functional and ornamental objects, always iridescent and found in a wide
spectrum of colors.
primarily amethyst, marigold,
cobalt, green, and red. It is also made in opaque white, called milk glass, and
before the hazards of radiation were well known, it was made in semi-transparent
or translucent pale green, called vaseline or uranium glass. Carnival glass gets
its iridescent sheen from the application of metallic salts while the glass is
still hot and workers sometimes refer to carnival glass as "dope glass" .because the process of
applying the iridescent coloring to the surface is called "doping".
Carnival glass was produced in large quantity by at least Fenton, Northwood,
Imperial, Millersburg, Westmoreland, Dugan/Diamond, Cambridge, and U.S. Glass,
as well as smaller quantities by many smaller manufacturers.extending to glass
gifts, paperweights,
Decorated glass, vases, dishes, bowls, , candlesticks, candle holders, oil
lamps, decorative glass, cake plates, tumblers, glass shades, pitchers,carafes,
decanters, ice buckets, bowls, gift ideas, jewelry boxes, perfume bottles,
decanters, business card holders, ring holders, cuspidors, baskets, toothpick
holders, oil candles, glass pumpkins, garden floats, glass floats, ashtrays,
baskets, powder jar, temple jar, water cooler, washing pots and hand blown
glass. ,blown glass vase, art glass bowl,Powder Jar, Flowerpot, Drink Set, dishes, gups,
tumblers, ashtrays, urns, water sets, window boxes.candleholders, carafes,
cocktail shakers, compotes, creamer, cordial sets, decanters, dresser set, fruit
baskets, goblet, jiggers, punchbowl, Decorative art glass called
"Iridill" was originally produced by Fenton in 1907, inspired by Tiffany and
Steuben art glass.
Most U.S. carnival glass was made between 1907 and 1931. Some significant production continuing outside the US
until1940s..The name "carnival glass" was not commonly used until collectors in the 1950s
began to refer to it as such.
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