Cox & Lafferty ad, May 25, 1911
In "Sell me some Imperial Glass!", we show a series of contemporary adverts for Imperial Carnival Glass from 1910-1911, by which time, Carnival was clearly well established in production. The ads were placed by Cox & Lafferty, a New York Representative for Imperial, but the selections were being made up and despatched directly from the factory.
Here is the ad from May 25, 1911 shown full size so that the detail can be seen clearly.
The ad is for Tiger Lily items - referred to as a pitcher and tumblers "Lemonade Set" (which today is called a water set).
The items are all "Helios" (Helios Carnival) which was described as "new and distinctive".
Note that the prices are quoted as "F.O.B. factory"; "F.O.B" stands for "Free on Board". In contractual terms it meant that the buyer would pick up the cost of freight/transport (in this case) as soon as the packed goods left Imperial's loading bay.
Cox & Lafferty image originally from the New York Public Library, digitised by Google.
The items are all "Helios" (Helios Carnival) which was described as "new and distinctive".
Note that the prices are quoted as "F.O.B. factory"; "F.O.B" stands for "Free on Board". In contractual terms it meant that the buyer would pick up the cost of freight/transport (in this case) as soon as the packed goods left Imperial's loading bay.
Cox & Lafferty image originally from the New York Public Library, digitised by Google.