![]() ![]() ![]() It is classified and pictured in the 1989 Passau Museum Catalogue as "Unidentified Bohemian," and as such it also appears pictured in Robert Truitt's Bohemian Glass I. It shows mold marks and yet exhibits a workmanship associated with "art glass." Thus, no small wonder it has even fooled experts on both sides of the Atlantic. The EAPG website used to carry it for sale. On eBay Dugan can appear as Loetz, Czech, Carnival, soda glass, volcanic art glass. Some vases are truly iridescent while others get their sparkle from the glitter of frit. Even the term "iridescent" can be misleading. Pompeian vases are referred to as "exquisite Tiffany pattern glass, iridescent and resplendent in wine and ruby colors." We could safely then say red and purple vases are Pompeian, except that these vases are also offered as Venetian! (HMW, page 50). ![]() Two line drawings from 1906 Butler Brothers's Catalogues offer "Venetian" assortments at 86 cents per dozen mixing Hexagon Button, Stippled Estate and other decors. In period catalogues it is indistinctly called Venetian, Pompeian, or Japanese, which all refer to imported fashion crazes of the period. The very nomenclature utilized by the company to market it originally already points to a variety of focuses or influences. It appears at an intermediate moment in Dugan history, between the end of Victorian glass production and the development of Dugan/Diamond's own Carnival lines. To begin with, the only information available consists of a scant three pages in the 1993 Diamond/Dugan book by Heacock, Measell and Wiggins (henceforth referred to as the HMW). Solving the Dugan Iridescent Glass ID PuzzleĪdditional photographs and information on Art Glass vasesĭugan iridescent glass presents interesting identification problems for the collector. It's generally thought that these pieces are Dugan, but some collectors attribute them to Model Flint. Note the typical Carnival version on the left. Value range 75 to 125 dollars.ĭugan Honeycomb rosebowls with a variety of treatments. Value range 70 to 150 dollars.Ĭobalt starburst rose bowl and aqua vertical frit spittoon. Gourd-shaped spatter vase with vertical frit and amethyst square vase with round top. Value range 100-150 dollars.Īqua sake bottle shaped vase with vertical frit and amethyst tricorn vase. Left, A red peaked vase, height 8 inches. The occasional piece can be found with a fake identification mark such as this example which bears an acid etched "Czechoslovakia" mark. When viewed carefully, all three of these 6-inch vases display the Stippled Estate mold pattern.ĭugan art glass is frequently confused and misrepresented as European art glass such as Loetz. With close inspection the stippled estate mold pattern can also be found in vases worked in other shapes and treatments such as the cobalt starburst pattern. They also can be found in amethyst, canary and vaseline. Shown are an aqua and lime green example. Stippled Estate vases are probably the best examples of Dugan Art Glass known to Carnival collectors. Other helpful identifying features are mold seams, tool marks and fire polished rims which may be irregular. Value range 75 to 250 dollars.Ī distinguishing characteristic of the Dugan Art Glass production was the frit treatment of which examples are shown here. Left to right are clambroth tall pinched vase, amethyst pinched vase, large twist vase in aqua, red peaked short vase or bowl and cobalt starburst pinched vase. The line was likely created to emulate the European and American art glass of the day. These pieces were blown in to a mold, rolled in frit (small pieces of glass) and shaped by hand. Dugan Art Glass Dugan Art Glass, by Alfredo Villanueva Collado, PhD,Ĭarnival or Art Glass? Dugan's Pompeian Venetian and Japanese glass line production began 1905-1906. ![]()
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