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Collectors Facts - Bleeding Heart Salt, Riihimaki

Bleeding Heart
Riihimaki catalogue
​Riihimaki catalogue, 1915.
Shapes:

Double Salt
Colours:

Marigold; Blue, deep Green (which maybe Black?)

​Bleeding Heart (Double) Salt, also known as Flaming Heart, and originally called Tauno by Riihimaki. RARE.

This double salt features a central handle or finial in the shape of a sacred (or bleeding) heart. There is a pattern of interlocking hobstars encircle the two round salt dips. This is the only reported shape in Carnival: it is 4¾ inches (12 cm) high at the handle, 5½ inches (14cm) long, and 2½ inches (6cm) wide.
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On the right are ​the three reported colours, photo courtesy of Roger & Tuula Peltonen.

The very dark example on the left of the picture is probably green (but it looks almost black), then blue (centre) and marigold.

The Bleeding Heart double salt is illustrated in the early 1915 Riihimäki catalogue where it was given the number 2600. The original Riihimaki name is Tauno, which translates to mean “peaceful” in Karelian Finnish.

The double salt was also shown in the 1939 Riihimaki catalogue where it was given the number 5750.

​This is a seldom seen item.  Note that the hobstar pattern around the salt is very similar to that seen on the later Korona ashtray, the difference being the absence of a central button in the star motif.
Bleeding Heart
Above: the three reported colours in Carnival. Picture courtesy of Roger & Tuula Peltonen.
Bleeding Heart
The base of the dark green example. It is so dark as to appear almost black.
​Picture courtesy of Roger & Tuula Peltonen.
Bleeding Heart
A marigold example, courtesy of Mike Cain.

Sources

e-book : Riihimäki Carnival Glass from Finland, 2011.
e-book : Carnival Glass from Europe A to Z Encyclopedia and Pattern Guide 2019.
 

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