Posted 10 years ago
AnneLanders
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Most Carnival glass made in Australia was produced between 1924 and about 1930. Australian Crystal Glass Limited was established in Sydney in 1914 making pressed and, until 1917, hand blown glass. The 1920s saw the expansion of the Australian glass industry and the amalgamation of several glass factories. In 1926 Australian Crystal Glass Ltd (also trading as Crystal Glass Limited) joined with the Crown Glass Works, an off-shoot of the Australian Glass Manufacturers Company Ltd, to form I've decided to pinch the Powerhouse Museums description on Crown Carnival glass as its seems the best around. What I will say is two things about these bowls. Australian Carnival glass is the least likely to be fake as it was impossibible for the fakers to re create due to a few design features.
My first bowl is the large nappy bowl with the Kingfisher bird. And the second smaller has a glorious outside pattern. Both have lovely hues of black, blue and rainbow tones. I've not collected Carnival glass but these two caught my eye when a friend offered them for sale.
Carival glass like a lot of other glass has come down in price. These are worth between $100-200 max now. But the money matters not, I'm just glad to have them in my my collection...
Powerhouse Museum
Crown Crystal Glass Pty Ltd., with about 200 Sydney employees and more than 1500 by 1959. Carnival Glass was produced mainly between 1924-1930 in a range of iridescent colours similar to its American counterpart, and many of the items incorporated Australian motifs of kookaburras, kangaroos and emus.
Ken Arnold writes: 'Crystal Glass Company Limited produced most of its carnival glass in the mid to late 1920s. Of their most famous carnival glass patterns, the 'Kingfisher' was registered in 1923, while the 'Kangaroo', the 'Swan', the 'Emu', the 'Kookaburra', the 'Magpie', and the 'Waratah' were registered in 1924. Production of most of these patterns had ceased by 1929
Read more: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=345004#ixzz3N5WVRlyo
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that's really nice anne , mine would would look nice next to yours
This is beautiful. I love it.
Great Anne! If you are going to collect any Aussie carnival glass you have started with the best!!!
Hi Anne, I hope you're well & had a great Christmas. What a great post & bowl. I do love this dark Carnival glass..still on the look out for a bit, one day :) I love the King Fisher on this one. Happy New Year 2ü
These are actually two bowls Fran. The first two photos show the Kingfisher bowl and the last two show the small more plain bowl. However if you look at photo 3 the detail on the outside of the bowl is amazing, which is why I bought it. I've seen it in green and red, will only try now for these colours as the Orange is a little too common..
stunning !!! and Happy belated holidays!!!
Hi Anne, I hope you're keeping well. I just had to tell you..I saw a blue carnival glass bowl, very like yours here but with peacocks, I prefer your king fisher. It was chipped and not very cheap or I'd have got it for you. They're very beautiful and I love the blue, it must be quite rare, that was the first bit ive seen in real life.
argh a blue peacock sounds gorgeous..but you know me too well, I dont like to buy the chipped. And when you consider how far they have to travel, would hate run the the risk.
But thank you for thinking about me, you are lovely Fran... xx
My pleasure Anne. If it wasn't for the chip I'd have got it. The iridescence radiated from the center in stripes, it was very attractive. I still prefer the kingfisher though :)