This STUNNING antique candy dish from Northwood Glass was manufactured using pressed and fused techniques from green and moonstone white opalescent glass. It features a beaded draped design on the exterior of the bowl with a smooth interior. The bowl has a ruffled and crimped rime and 4 small feet or "toes" surrounded by a branching design that reminds me of eyelashes. The glass is reactive (contains uranium) and glows brightly under UV/black light (see photo).

Outstanding antique condition with no chips, cracks, scratches, or repairs observed.

DETAILS: • Dimensions: Height: 3", Diameter: 8.5", Weight: 14oz • Manufacturer: Northwood Glass (assumed to be Northwood, however Jefferson Glass also produced this pattern) • Design: Candy Dish • Pattern: Beaded Drapes • Markings: None • Place of Origin: Wheeling, West Virginia • Date of Manufacture: c1905-1925 • Materials: Pressed Glass • Color(s): Green, Opalescent green • Status: Discontinued

HISTORY: Harry Northwood who founded the company was the son of John Northwood, a noted maker of English cameo glass. He came to America in 1880 and worked as a glass etcher at J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier, and Company from 1881-1884. He then worked for the La Belle Glass Company and during a strike moved to Phoenix Glass Company in Pittsburgh, Pa. He became a glass maker when he returned to La Belle in 1886.

The original Northwood Glass Company was established by Harry Northwood in 1887 in Martins Ferry, Ohio. However, the company was later relocated to Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, where it failed to thrive. In 1895 he opened up the New Northwood Glass Company in a factory previously owned by the Indiana Glass Company in Indiana, Pennsylvania. In 1899 Northwood joined the National Glass conglomerate.

In 1902 Harry opened the Harry Northwood and Company factory in Wheeling, West Virginia and it was here that he developed his formula for Carnival glass.

Harry Northwood died in 1919. The company continued producing glass, but was closed in 1925.

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