Carnival glass is moulded or pressed glass, always with a pattern and always with a shiny, metallic, "iridescent" surface shimmer.
The keys to its appeal were that it looked superficially like the very much finer and very much more expensive blown iridescent glass by Tiffany, Loetz and others and also that the cheerful bright finish caught the light even in dark corners of the home.
Both functional and ornamental objects were produced in the Carnival finish and patterns ranged from simple through geometric and "cut" styles to pictorial and figurative. A wide range of colours and colour combinations were used but the most common colours accounted for a large proportion of output, so scarce colours can today command very high prices on the collector market, today.
| IMPERIAL GLASS CARNIVAL PANSY QUILTED DIAMOND NAPPY
$7.50 (0 Bids) |
| CAPTIVE ROSE BOWL AMETHYST WITH CRIMPED EDGE!!
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| Imperial Carnival Glass Hobstar Cracker or Cookie Jar
$65.00 (0 Bids) |
| Fenton Colonial Orange Thumbprint Bowl~Excellent
$29.95 (0 Bids) |
| 3 CARNIVAL GLASS PUNCH CUPS
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