Poppy Show, Northwood



Above is one of the few known Poppy Show plates in aqua opal. There are few bowls known in this color as well.



This emerald green plate sold at the Christina Katsikas auction in 2020 for $5,500.



This ice green plate sold for $3,000 at the 2012 Heart of America Carnival Glass convention.

After years of uncertainty about who made this pattern, joint research by Karen McIntyre and Glen and Stephen Thistewood established Northwood attribution for this highly desirable pattern. Because of the elaborate pattern, damage is sometimes hard to see.

Hartung Book Three: Poppy Show

Plates, 9-9 1/2 inches

Amber, 825 (2016),
   15,000 (Katsikas auction, 2020)

Amethyst/purple, 225, 250, 300, 350 (all 2020),
   125, 320, 325 (all 2021)
Amethyst/purple, from Morgan collection,
   1,800 (2017)

Aqua opal, 8,000 (2020), 16,000 (2022)

Blue, 220, 235, 500, 550, 625, 825, (all 2021),
   150, 350, 400, 450, 475 (all 2022)

Blue, electric, 900, 1,000 (both 2020), 550 (2022)

Custard known

Green, 750, 800, 1,600 (all 2021), 425 (2022)

Green, emerald, 1,750, 2,500 (both 2021),
   1,300 (2022)

Ice blue, 325, 750, 1,700 (all 2021),
   325, 400, 450, 650 (all 2022)

Ice green, 850 (2019), 950 (2021)

Ice green, Karen Engel auction, 2,250 (2017)

Marigold, 210, 220, 250, 290, 300, 400 (all 2021),
   150, 200, 220, 300, 325, 350 (all 2022)

Marigold, dark pumpkin, 1,200 (2012),
   1,700 (2013)

Marigold, spectacular, 5,000 (2007)

White, 100, 125, 130, 160, 190 (all 2021),
   90, 130 (both 2022)

Bowls, ruffled, about 9 inches

Amethyst/purple, 250, 330, 350 (both 2021),
   80, 115, 375, 425, 550, 1,250 (all 2022)

Amethyst, electric, 1,550 (2010), 1,250 (2013)

Aqua opal, 1,000, 7,250 (both 2020),
   11,000 (2022)

Aqua opal, base roughness, 6,000 (2014)

Blue, 160, 260, 300, 500, 550, 625 (all 2021),
   300, 375 (both 2022)

Green, 575, 850 (both 2021),
   300, 525 (both 2022)

Green, emerald, 4,500 (2007), 2,200 (2022)

Horehound, 10,500 (2005)

Ice blue, 210, 250, 300, 425 (all 2021),
   210, 300 (both 2022)

Ice blue opal, 400 (2022)

Ice green, 360, 500 (both 2021),
   225, 300, 425, 450 (all 2022)

Lime green, 200 (2021), 675 (2022)

Marigold, 120, 125, 130, 145 (all 2021),
   45, 70, 100, 115, 160, 175, 250 (all 2022)

White, 55, 75, 80 (all 2020),
   50, 65, 75, 105, 150 (all 2022)

The photo of the ice green Poppy Show bowl at the left was sent to me in early 2017 by Chase Marquis. What's unusual about it? Note the edge, Northwood's typical pie crust edge. Chase sent me the photo with a request for information about any other Poppy Show bowls with similar crimping. I checked my auction database of 190,000 items going back 25 years and could find no others. I asked around to see if any collectors knew of any, but nobody had. So far, this is the only one. Quite a find!

Updated 10/26/2022