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

Page 3

​This is Page 3 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 3.

​​Links to Pages 1 and 2 are at the foot of this page.

​Shown below are the pieces that were illustrated on Page 2 of the article. We have added the pattern names used today, and some explanatory notes.

​These are the pieces shown here on Page 3 of the article - they were the 4 shapes that constitute a Northwood table set.

Clockwise from top left: creamer, spooner, covered butter and covered sugar.


Note that they were called "Heavy Grape with Thumbprint" in the article, but they are now called Grape and Cable. The "Thumbprint" in the article is referring to the pattern around the base of the creamer, spooner and sugar.

Note also that the butter was reproduced in the 1970s by Mosser, using an entirely new mould in amber, ice blue and cobalt blue. The base of this butter dish has a smooth scalloped edge, unlike the original Northwood one which has a sawtooth edge as shown here.

Right: a Northwood 4-piece Grape and Cable table set in purple. Courtesy Seeck Auctions.

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Here is the link to Page 2: "The Glass of Many Names" Page 2

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