WE SHIP! The AEAA is proud to present this gorgeous 1900-1902, signed Northwood beaded oval, scalloped rim style deep Emerald covered butter dish, and a gorgeous Riverside Glass Rococo medallion, Croesus gilded butter lid. The rare Northwood pattern, may actually have been an original Riverside 1898 pattern called The Prize, with the molds going to Northwood after the National Glass Co. formation. The pointed beaded oval pattern cannot be found in our Northwood literature, making it Rare. The well known Croesus lid is definitely by Riverside ca. 1898. Both are in excellent condition, with very minor gilt wear, and the Northwood covered butter sits 7.75 x 6 inches tall, weighing a total of 3# 10 oz. These fine heirlooms are from the living estate of Ailene & Buddy Ford, respected, longtime dealers of valuable antiques. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Born in 1860, Harry Northwood trained in England, and immigrated to the USA with his cousin, Thomas Dugan, in 1881. After working at the Hobbs, Brockunier glassworks and other famous glass houses, Harry opened his first glass factory in 1887, the Northwood Glass Company, in Martin's Ferry, Ohio. The firm moved to Ellwood, Pennsylvania in 1892, and went through a few difficult years until 1896 when Harry Northwood gave up and moved to Indiana Pa, to establish The Northwood Company in the glassworks of the former Indiana Glass Company. The Northwood Company did very well for a few years, and was then sold to the huge United States Glass Company in 1899. Part if this deal was that Harry Northwood would stay out of glass manufacturing for three years, in return for a salary as their sales agent in London. The U.S. Glass Company had a difficult time of operating their (19) different glass factories from a centralized Head Office. In 1902 National Glass released Harry Northwood from his contract and its constraints, and he bought the old Hobbs Brockunier glassworks in Wheeling. W, Va. (closed since 1894) from them. This purchase was funded in part by a mortgage from the National Glass Company themselves, and in part by the Wheeling Board of Trade, who were so keen to encourage Harry Northwood to set up in their town that they raised a quarter of the purchase price of the glassworks for the new H. Northwood Company. At this point, Dugan GlassThis new factory was a great success, starting with lemonade sets in opalescent Poinsettia pattern in 1902, and receiving a major boost in 1908 with the fabled purchase of all the fine & innovative original Jefferson Glass Co. molds. Northwood maintained a successful operation, continuing to make glassware until 1925, six years after Harry Northwood himself had passed. During those 23 years they picked up and revived designs and colors from the earlier Northwood factories, the aforementioned Jefferson pattern revival, and introduced a series of beautiful and highly successful new lines as well. No history of Northwood Glass would be complete without mention of Carl Northwood, Harrys brother, who worked by his side from the time he immigrated to the USA in 1892 until he passed in 1918, just a year before Harry himself passed. Carl was a very creative glass decorator, and took charge of the decorating department at the Wheeling plant, and also played a major role in sales. With the two brothers gone in such a short space of time, the company was forced to re-organized, but could only manage to survive for a few more years, and finally closed in 1925.

XW - Both excellent condition with very minor gilt wear