"The Glass of Many Names", Gertrude LaCoss Conboy, 1952.

Page 2

This is Page 2 of 3 of the first authoritative article about Carnival Glass which appeared in the “Spinning Wheel, including Antiques Digest” magazine in 1952.

The title was “The Glass of Many Names”, and 'Now Known as "Carnival" ' was added to it on the magazine's front cover, and it was written by Gertrude Conboy, who was one of the early Carnival Glass Pioneers.

The Spinning Wheel article was published in black and white and the Carnival Glass images shown in it are not very clear. However, we are confident (unless stated otherwise) that the pieces shown on each page are the ones for which we have added illustrations. These are the pieces shown here on Page 2.

​​Links to Pages 1 and 3 are at the foot of this page.

Shown below are the pieces that were illustrated on Page 2 of the article. Note that there was no mention of the colours of the ones she showed. We have added the pattern names used today, and some explanatory notes.

Imperial Grape decanter/stopper,
​purple (left) and smoke, Imperial (*1)

Stag and Holly master bowl,
​pastel marigold, Fenton (*2)

Fashion punch bowl / stand, marigold, Imperial
​Courtesy Seeck Auctions

​Notes:
*1: Referred to as a "heavy grape design". The pattern is now called Imperial Grape - Heavy Grape is recognised now as a different Imperial pattern.
*2: Referred to as a "low footed compote" with a "deer and holly pattern". It is of course what we now call Stag and Holly. The shape is the large size bowl in this pattern, not a compote - in fact there are no compotes / comports in this pattern.

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Here is the link to Page 3: "The Glass of Many Names" - Page 3

Here is the link to Page 1: "The Glass of Many Names" - Page 1