The following treasure is from the living estate of Ailene & Buddy Ford; noted dealers and lifelong collectors of exceptional antique & vintage heirlooms. The Ford estate presents highly valuable items from a diverse group of genres, 95% + in excellent condition. xxxxxxxxxxx. The AEAA is extremely proud to showcase this fantastic pair of antique Carnival glass items, with the first being a Rare Imperial Grape 6.5 inch plate in wonderful Amethyst. This gorgeous pattern has deep & rich salts, and is listed in the $300 range by itself. We also have a splendid ca. 1911 Northwood Amethyst Carnival Grape & Cable spatula footed 7.5 x 3.5 inch deep bowl, with exceptional mold and salts. Both are in wonderful condition, and weigh 1# 12 oz. xxxxxxxxxxx. In 1901, a group of investors organized the Imperial Glass Company in Bellaire, Ohio. When the factory was up and running 1904, Imperial, like other makers, made crystal. When the Carnival fad hit, Imperial, along with Northwood, Dugan, and Millersburg, followed the lead of Fenton. Their production continued until the early 1930's and in the early 1960s, reintroduced their line of iridescent glass. Imperial's famous IG logo was applied to this glass. In 1972, Lenox glass bought the company and added an "L" to the IG mark. In 1981, Aurhur Lorch bought the company and added an "A" to the LIG mark. That venture lasted a year when it was sold again and went out of business a year after that.Imperial is best known for its spectaclar purple Carnival and its smoke Carnival. Smoke is a grayish color on clear glass. The color can actually vary consideraby from a yellowish brown to bluish. Imperial also developed a color called Helios, a silverish iridescence on a light to medium green glass color. xxxxxxxxxxx. Harry Northwood began his career working in the glass industry in England. In 1881, he immigrated to the United States and, after working for several glass companies and founding a failed glass company, opened his own company in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He shortly left the company and returned to England. That was brief, too, and he came back to the U.S. and opened H. Northwood in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1902.In 1908, shortly after Fenton introduced their iridescent line, Northwood introduced theirs, calling it "Golden Iris." This was the ubiquitous color we know as marigold. Northwood's earliest production of iridized glass was in 1908 and included their version of Waterlily and Cattails, Cherry and Cable, and Valentine, among others. About this time they added amethyst, cobalt blue, and green. In 1912, Northwood added the colors we call pastel, ice blue, ice green, and white. But Northwood is probably best known for their aqua opalescent glass, which they added around the same time. Their best known pattern, Grape and Cable, was introduced in 1910. It became so popular that they produced it in many colors and more than 60 differnt shapes. They also are responsible for the best known trademark, the underlined "N" in a circle, which appears on much of Northwood's Carnival, but not all.

XA - AG108 & 109 - Excellent condition with rich salts