Grape and Cable Humidors, Cookie Jars, Compotes, and Sweetmeats, Northwood | |
The tobacco humidor and cookie or cracker jar are about the same size. The humidor, on the left, has a three-pronged sponge holder on the inside of the lid. These are easily broken off and items with such damage are worth less. To see a spittoon whimsied from the base of a marigold humidor, click here.The cookie or cracker jar has two handles. Both humidor and cookie jar can be found in stippled versions. Fenton apparently came into possession of the humidor mold and used it to make a souvenir piece and bowl whimsies.
Grape and Cable Cracker Jar in Aqua Opal in Featured Articles Hartung Book Four: Grape and Cable tobacco jar
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Humidor or tobacco jar Amethyst/purple, 200, 275 (both 2017), 200 (2022) Aqua opal, two known, one of them damaged Blue, 425 (2006), 275 (nicks, 2020) Marigold, 85 (2019), 160 (2022) Renninger blue, 1,200 (2005) Humidor, stippled |
Cookie or cracker jar Amethyst/purple, 90, 95, 120, 300 (all 2021), 110, 140, 170 (all 2022) Amethyst, Presnick Museum, 85 (2022) Aqua opal, 67,500 (2010), 4,250 (2022) Custard/nutmeg, 110 (2022) Ice blue?, 1,450 (2011) Ice green, 1,600 (2016), 400, 450 (both 2020) Lavender, purple lid, 60 (2020) Marigold, 50, 70 (both 2021), 45, 60, 85, 100, 170 (all 2022) Smoke, amethyst lid, 275 (1995), 220 (2000) White, 300, 550 (both 2016), 425 (2017) Cookie or cracker jar, stippled |
The Grape and Cable covered compote and open compote are both large pieces. The open compote, for example, measures about 10 inches across, and is sometimes referred to as large or giant.
Hartung Book Four: Grape and Cable covered compote
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Compotes, covered Amethyst/purple, 120, 125, 200 (all 2021), 55, 65, 90, 120 (all 2022) Marigold, 225 (2012), 140 (2020) |
Compotes, open Amethyst/purple, 160, 200, 250 (all 2021), 45, 190. 225, 350 (all 2022) Green, 300 (2021), 200, 260 (both 2022) Lavender, 500 (2001), 190, 200 (both 2022) Marigold, 90, 275 (both 2021), 80, 100, 130 (all 2022) |
The smaller covered compote is called a sweetmeat. It also has a different shape and foot than the large covered compote. The one shown here is the very rare blue. It appears that Northwood decided they needed a small open compote, so they simply used the base of the sweetmeat and spread it out. It is usually referred to as the sweetmeat whimsey or compote whimsey. | |
Sweetmeats Amethyst/purp, 50, 65, 90, 170 (all 2021), 35, 40, 45, 60, 65, 70, 80, 110 (all 2022) Amethyst, top has spoon opening, 20 (2020) Amethyst base, blue lid, 350 (2004) Blue, 575 (2020), 250 (2022) Camphor, 145 (2020) Horehound, 900 (1996) Lavender, 105 (2010), 350 (2021) Marigold, 850 (2021), 800 (2022) White, 900 (1993), 490 (2020) Sweetmeat base only Sweetmeat, lid only | Sweetmeat whimsey (base, spread out) Amethyst/purple, 20, 40, 55 (all 2017), 65 (2018), 75 (2019), 20 (2020), 45 (2022) Bowls, plates, berry sets
Updated 12/6/2022 |