1899 CHRYSANTHEMUM SPRIG -Pagoda Lidded Sugar*Northwood Ivory Custard Glass EAPG

Description

Northwood Chrysanthemum Sprig Pagoda Custard Glass Sugar with Lid, 1898
{Many Photos Below}
True Northwood Elegance!
circa 1899
Chrysanthemum Sprig
(originally called
Pagoda
)
Hard To Find
Antique Ivory Custard Glass
Sugar with Lid
Brilliant Hand-Painted Gold, Pink, and Green Trim
Approximate Dimensions:
4.25" (Diameter)
7.00" (Tall w/Lid)
4.50" (Tall w/o Lid)
Made and
Script Signed
by the
Harry C. Northwood Glass Co.
Indiana, PA
(prior to Northwood's move to Wheeling, West Virginia)
Each piece is signed on the bottom exterior with the
Northwood Script
Logo
, which predated the 1908 "N-in-a-circle" logo.
This is a breath-takingly beautiful, ivory custard glass
Pagoda
(
Chrysanthemum Sprig
) Victorian sugar jar with lid made by the Harry C. Northwood Glass, Co., circa 1899.  The
Chrysanthemum Sprig
pattern
was hugely successful for Northwood.
Similar
Pagoda
pieces in ivory custard are illustrated on page 83 of
Harry Northwood The Early Years 1881-1900
(by William Heacock, James Measell, and Berry Wiggins, 1991, Antique Publications: Marietta, OH).
Very, very brief history
.  In 1897, the Harry C. Northwood Glass Company of Indiana, Pennsylvania (which later moved to Wheeling, West Virginia) introduced
ivory custard glass
with its hugely successful
Louis XV
pattern, and followed through in 1899 with swift introductions of the now-classic
Intaglio, Geneva, Inverted Fan & Feather
,
and
Pagoda
patterns
(from William Heacock, James Measell, and Berry Wiggins' book
Harry Northwood: The Wheeling Years 1901-1925
, Antique Publications: Marietta, OH, 1991, p. 132)
.
The
Pagoda
pattern is known by collectors today as
"Chrysanthemum Sprig"
and was introduced in late June of 1899. The trade publication
China, Glass, and Lamps
immediately proclaimed that this new line
"is attracting general attention and is being welcomed as one of the most artistic creations in tableware offered for years"
(p. 137 in
Harry Northwood The Early Years 1881-1900
(by William Heacock, James Measell, and Berry Wiggins, 1991, Antique Publications: Marietta, OH).
Condition
.
This sugar jar with lid is in
very good/excellent condition
with no c
hips, cracks, or restorations
.  It does have some wobble for added character.
There are, of course, some of the usual, minor shearing tool marks ("straw marks") commonly associated with the hand-manufacturing of old EAPG, opalescent, and carnival glass pieces.
This piece is
gorgeously trimmed in gold
, with pinks and green highlights
This elegant lidded sugar jar would make a fine addition to a serious collection of Northwood glass.
... and, it would sit handsomely beside the glass of any of the fine makers of old custard glass, carnival glass, opalescent glass, EAPG, and pressed glass, e.g., Fenton, Sowerby, Westmoreland, Millersburg, Imperial, Dugan, Jefferson, Northwood, and others.
... A really nice find..
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Northwood Ivory Custard Glass Chrysanthemum Sprig Lidded Sugar
circa 1899
Northwood Ivory Custard Glass Chrysanthemum Sprig Lidded Sugar
circa 1899
Northwood Ivory Custard Glass Chrysanthemum Sprig Lidded Sugar
circa 1899
Northwood Ivory Custard Glass Chrysanthemum Sprig Lidded Sugar
circa 1899
Northwood Ivory Custard Glass Chrysanthemum Sprig Lidded Sugar
circa 1899