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A Warm Welcome to our Carnival Glass Website!

​Totally dedicated to Carnival Glass
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​The information here on our website is the result of over thirty years of collecting and researching the fascinating world of Carnival Glass. We have amassed an amazing amount of information and hundreds of pictures, and we are adding to it on almost a daily basis. There is something here for everyone, from beginners to experienced collectors, covering over one hundred years of Carnival Glass production and organised collecting around the world.

For a Quick and Easy Guide to all the patterns on the website, click here: A to Z Pattern Index

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Carnival Glass Galleries
​We have hundreds of wonderful pictures of Carnival Glass in our unique Picture Galleries. Classic and Revival, shown by maker, they are perfect for pattern IDs and for appreciating truly breath-taking Carnival Glass worldwide.
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​Carnival Glass NetworK
​NetworK is totally devoted to Carnival Glass, We bring you the latest news, discoveries and feature articles; a look at Carnival Glass through the eyes of the people who made it, marketed, advertised and sold it,
.. and of course, the public who made it so incredibly popular.
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Thistlewood Carnival Glass Network

​​​NetworK is on Facebook: it's the friendly and relaxing place to be "at home” with collectors worldwide. A welcoming place where Carnival is featured, discussed, identified, puzzled over, and appreciated – 24 x 7!

​Carnival Glass Times​
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​Featuring the Stories Behind the Glass adding life and colour to the Carnival Glass World. Plus "Sell it to me!" and "Read All About It!"
​Carnival Glass Makers
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Classic & Revival Carnival Glass makers have their own Master Pages, with links to everything about them. All in one place.
​Patterns, Colours, Shapes
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The essential Collectors Facts on Carnival Glass patterns from all around the world, and the myriad of Carnival Glass colours.
​All About Carnival Glass
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What is Carnival Glass? 
Our FAQs and our New Feature - Myth Buster! Explore this most amazing glass.

Blast from the Past
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Stories from the Past, Carnival Glass Pioneers, and Unsung Heroes.
Read All About It!
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Carnival as it was shown in wonderful ads from all around the world.
Sell It To Me!
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Carnival as it was promoted, marketed and sold around the world.
All About Vases
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Carnival vases around the world - in all shapes, sizes and colours.
Bob Smith's Museum
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The story of the Bob Smith Tumbler Collection and virtual Museum.

Carnival Glass from Europe eBooks - First Edition and our newly released Part Two.
Carnival Glass from Europe Part Two
Part Two
A richly illustrated 135-page eBook packed full of information.
Part Two is the perfect accompaniment to our First Edition, covering 150 patterns from European makers, around one third of which are newly discovered. An extra feature is a unique Sowerby Carnival book-within-a-book, covering their Carnival Glass years.

For full details and to buy this downloadable eBook, go here:
Carnival Glass from Europe Part Two eBook
Carnival Glass from Europe
First Edition
​​The culmination of over 20 years of our collecting, documenting and researching Carnival Glass made throughout Europe. Almost 300 pages long, covering 800 Carnival Glass patterns and 50 glassmakers, with an astonishing amount of previously undisclosed information. It is a visual delight and an excellent encyclopedia of Carnival Glass from Europe.

For full details and to buy this downloadable eBook, go here​:
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Carnival Glass from Europe First Edition e-book

All the material, photographs, images, drawings and written articles, on this website are Copyright ©.

Any unauthorised use of our material on this website will constitute an infringement of Copyright and Intellectual Property, and we take infringement of our work very seriously. Read more - click on the image on the right.
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​We also get very excited about Pressed Glass from the late 1800s - early 1900s period, and we are developing a Glass Potpourri feature about it: there may even be a link to Carnival Glass (but that's not always essential). Check it out with this link to Glass Potpourri. 

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