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Northwood,
a Fenton rival, was founded in 1896 in Indiana, Pennsylvania by the Englishman
Harry Northwood, the son of a prominent glassmaker. At the age of 20, he
migrated to America in 1880. Prior to founding his own company in 1887,
Northwood had worked at a number of well known glass manufacturers, apprenticing
and thoroughly learning the trade. He joined with the National Glass Company
briefly only to subsequently form the Harry Northwood Glass Company
in 1901 in Wheeling, West Virginia. Familiar with glass iridescence manufacturing
methods from his work in England, Northwood started making iridescent Carnival
glass formed in pressed glass molds about 1908 for a wide American
market. Carnival glass soon became their most popular product, introducing
design patterns such as grape and cable, wild rose, leaf and beads, singing
birds, beaded cable, and peacock at the fountain. Golden Iris was an early
popular interpretation of marigold Carnival glass, very desirable for its
properties of reflecting light and color in its iridescence.
Northwood Glass Co. c.
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Harry worked with his
brother Carl, who was creative where Harry was more business
focused, and he worked in the decoration area as a perfect complement
to Harry. The grape & cable pattern alone was produced in
a fascinating array of vases, dishes, compotes, bowls, and accessories,
and other companies soon began copying their designs given the
lax copyright laws in the U.S. during that time. Northwood produced
a wide variety of opalescent, decorated, and special effect
glasses like splatter glass, and colors like iridescent blue
and green which were not widely seen at the time. Northwood
began producing iridescent custard glass about 1914 with the
end of World War I, a cream colored glass with pastel iridescent
overlay. Northwood marked many of their pieces with an N in
a circle or an N underlined, interesting since so much Carnival
glass was unmarked. When Harry Northwood died from disease in
1918, the company began to falter until finally closing in 1925.
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