Photos from Readers

Occasionally readers of this Web site send me photos of interesting or unusual pieces. Here are a few.

In March of 2008, Lynn Weber sent me this photo of a cobalt blue Rose Bouquet bonbon that she had inherited from her grandmother. Amazing what turns up sometimes. I've never heard of one other than in white.

Brendan Morant sent me these wonderful photos of a spectacular Imperial Lustre Rose fernery. Says he couldn't find an IG mark, so it appears he has an original. Fabulous piece! Imperial really could apply amazing iridescense.
Tom Garvey sent me this photo of his marigold over milkglass candlesticks. He doesn't know who made them but says the remind him of Fenton. They're 9 inches tall and have a 4 3/8 inch base with fine vertical ribbing on the sides. Anybody recognize them?

Steve Hollister sent me photos of his blue 9 1/2-inch Four Flowers plate. He was wondering if anyone else had seen one.
Peter Phillips of Melbourne, Australia, sent me this photo of his master Kingfisher bowl. What's unusual about it? While the pattern is quite a common one in Australian Carnival, this one is round, rather than ruffled. Peter says he's heard of only one other. This is the first I've heard of.
Kandis and Bob Richmond sent me photographs of their recently acquired Northwood Bushel Basket with the smooth section of the handle where it attaches. The smooth handled versions are quite rare but even more rare in marigold. This is the first of which I've seen evidence. It also appears to have spectacular iridescence.
Greg Lockhart sent me this photo of his Orange Tree variant tumbler (right), next to a regular example. There are very few of these around, so I'm happy to show one of them. Note that the variant lacks the cable at the top and the pattern between the tops of the orange trees. I'm guessing that the variants were the original tests and once Fenton saw them, ordered more detail cut into the molds.


Mike Richter sent me these photos of his Northwood Diamond Point vase (shown next to a typical example) with most of the base ground off--apparently by someone to "correct" a chip. Seems awfully extreme to go to all the trouble to grind off so much glass for such a fix.
Paul Williams of England sent me the photo at the left of his Northwood Fruits and Flowers bowl. What's unusual about it is that there are 4 cherries in the pattern, rather than the typical 3. I'm guessing that this is a variant, probably made from a seldom used mold. Anybody ever seen this version before?

I've heard from several people that the bowls made from the larger mold typically have the 4 cherries.