December 4, 2008
Founded in 1896 by Harry Northwood in Indiana, PA, Northwood was a rival to Fenton in the manufacture of Carnival glass. The company was innovative, releasing a number of successful patterns of iridescent glass, such as the popular grape and cable, and experimenting with splatter patterns and previously unseen colors. Though widely copied, Northwood pieces can be identified by a circled or underlined 'N'. The company went out of business in 1925, eight years after the founder's death.
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York County Coast Star, ME -
Designed by glass artist Susan H. Pratt Smith of Northwood, NH, the window displays the figure of a woman looking up to heaven with the Latin word for hope, ...
Diamondback Online, MD -
Northwood boasted three seven-footers to contend with, but the undersized Terps still dominated the glass 47-29 and didn't allow the Seahawks' forwards to ...
Toledo Blade, OH -
6 in Owens Community College's Workforce and Community Services Building on Tracy Road in Northwood. No experience is necessary, and participants will learn ...
The Age, Australia -
When microwaves were introduced in Australia, Northwood was working at the highly influential Australian Women's Weekly test kitchens. ...
Antiques and Arts Weekly, CT -
... Fulper; McCoy; music box, decoys; oil paintings of cows; frames prints; Tower Flint Lock; swords; carnival glass; Northwood; Fenton; Waterford; Belleek; ...
Manchester HippoPress, NH -
Northwood area merchants have come together for the Shop Hop to start the Christmas shopping season. The event takes place on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. ...
Orlando Sentinel, FL -
•To that mentally challenged male near the corner of Corrine and Northwood Terrace: Your leaf blower was going a solid half-hour. ...
Tampa Bay Newspapers, FL -
12, Patchington at Belleair Bluffs, Northwood Plaza, Clearwater and Isla Del Sol are collecting new pajamas for women and children. ...
Traverse City Record Eagle, MI -
Northwood senior Syrena Rexroat (Lake Leelanau St. Mary's) was 84th overall with a time of 25:08.1. In the men's portion of the regional, Michigan Tech ...
Philadelphia Daily News, PA -
6, before the exhibition against Northwood, we were told senior forward Shane Clark had just undergone arthroscopic knee surgery and probably would not play ...
