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Carnival Glass ads: Sears Roebuck Catalogue 1910 (part 2)


The wonderful Sears catalogue ads used on our Sears Roebuck feature pages are courtesy and copyright of Phil Prince.
Phil's passion for the glass lead him to these amazing advertisements, which will be of great interest to current and
future collectors of the iridescent ware we call Carnival Glass. We are extremely grateful for his permission to use them.

​Fall 1910 catalogue - Part 2

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In Part 1 of the Fall 1910 Sears catalogue we revealed the magnificent Wreath of Roses punch set and we explored the appearance of Carnival Glass from the Dugan factory, including peach opal and enamelled, decorated Carnival.

​Here is a full page of pottery and glass being offered for the Christmas trade. It includes several more Dugan Carnival Glass items, a breakfast set from Westmoreland and ... a mystery vase, as yet unsolved!
Sears Roebuck catalogue
Sears Roebuck, Fall 1910
Here are the Carnival Glass items shown on the above page
Pinched Swirl
Pinched Swirl, Dugan
Ski Star
Ski Star, Dugan
Dugan Cherries
Cherries, Dugan
Orphan Annie, Westmoreland
Orphan Annie, Westmoreland
And here, below, is what they look like - all pictures are courtesy of Seeck Auctions.

It is likely that the Dugan items on offer in the catalogue were probably all peach opal. Pinched Swirl vases (which are found in a variety of shapes) are only known in peach opal, although the Sears ad makes no mention of opal / opalescent. Conversely, the Dugan Cherries (35V059) refers to a "pearl edge" - that is an opalescent edge - but no indication that it is Carnival (iridescent). The Ski Star piece (35V079) refers only to it being Carnival, although it is reasonable to think it was also peach opal.
Pinched Swirl
Pinched Swirl vases, peach opal
Ski Star
Ski Star handgrip shape, peach opal
Dugan Cherries
Dugan Cherries, 3-in-1 edge, peach opal
Orphan Annie

One of the fascinations of Carnival Glass is that there are stories behind the glass, which are only now being discovered. The dainty Chippendale-style handled sugar and creamer (Sears 35V081) is a case in point.

It might look fairly ordinary at first glance, but ... what’s the story there? And how did the pattern get the mysterious name of Orphan Annie? 

The story of Orphan Annie takes us from a Butler Brothers ad in 1908 (on the right) to a July 4th, 1909 (Independence Day) fairground unveiling of a new, wooden roller coaster called “Leap the Dips”!


Intrigued? Read all about the fascinating Orphan Annie in our Carnival Glass Times article.
Butler Brothers
Butler Brothers, 1908: "Egyptian design"
Orphan Annie
Orphan Annie creamer
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​A mystery waiting to be solved

To round off our tour of the Sears Fall 1910 catalogue, we have a mystery. 

Tucked away at the bottom right of the full page ad we show above, is a pair of vases - 35V082 (right). They fit Sears' usual definition of marigold Carnival Glass - "Golden Iridescent Glass Vases". They have a very distinctive design.

But ... so far they remain unidentified. No name, no maker ... and nowhere can we find actual examples of these little vases! Do they exist?

​If readers can shed any light on this mystery, please let us know!
Sears catalogue
Mystery vases, maker and pattern unknown!
​Click here to for more revelations from Sears Fall 1910 catalogue in Part One!

See more Sears catalogues on the Sears Catalogues Homepage.
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