Northwood 1905 BLUE! Opalescent "Greek Key and Ribs" crimped ruffled edge bowl

Description

Northwood Greek Key and Ribs Blue Opalescent Ruffled Crimped Edge Pedestal Base Bowl ca 1905
(Photo taken indoors with no flash.  More photos below.)
Classic Northwood Glass
Greek Key and Ribs
Blue Opalescent, Crimped Ruffled Edge and
Pedestal Base Glass Bowl
Approximate Dimensions:
7¾" (Diameter)
4" (High)
3½" (Dome Base Diameter)
Made by
Harry C. Northwood Glass Company
Wheeling, West Virginia
ca 1910s
Source
:  Heacock, William, James Measell, & Berry Wiggins (1991),
Harry Northwood: The Wheeling Years 1901-1925.
Antique Publications: Marietta, OH.
This is a wonderful, antique "
Greek Key and Ribs
" ruffled, blue opalescent glass bowl made by the Harry C. Northwood Glass Company about 1905.
The pedestal base bowl features the elegant pattern on the exterior while the interior is smooth.  The rim has six ruffles and is the edge is tightly crimped, like a candy ribbon edge.
Very Brief Background on Northwood & Dugan.
Thomas Dugan and his cousin, Harry C. Northwood, started out in the 1880s as employees at the Hobbs-Brockunier Glass firm in Wheeling, West Virginia.  Eventually, Harry would form the
Northwood Glass Company
of Wheeling, West Virginia and Thomas would form the
Dugan Glass Company of Indiana, Pennsylvania
.  Both companies were kingpins of the carnival and opalescent glass market in the early 1900's. Both Northwood and Dugan-Diamond Glass shut down in the mid-1920s.
Condition.
This item is in
excellent condition
with no chips, cracks, flea bites, or restorations.
There are, of course, the usual straw marks ("shearing and crimping tool marks") from manufacturing commonly associated with the making of old EAPG, carnival, and opalescent glass. The hand making and finishing of old glass assures that no two pieces are identical, each piece is truly unique.
... would look great alongside any Northwood, Dugan, Jefferson,  Millersburg, Fenton, Westmoreland, Imperial, Sowerby, Cambridge, or other antique glass from the makers of fine opalescent, carnival glass, and EAPG.
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