SCARCE Dugan 1906 WHEEL AND BLOCK 4 Sides Up Opalescent Glass Victorian Bowl

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SCARCE Dugan 1906 WHEEL AND BLOCK 4 Sides Up Opalescent Glass Victorian Bowl:
$39.99

Dugan WHEEL AND BLOCK opalscent glass bowl, circa 1906
Wheel and Block
(Dugan Glass Co. ~ 1906)

Victorian Opalescent Glass Bowl
Four Sides Up
Scalloped Edge

Scarce and Stunning!

Approximate Dimensions:
9¼\" (Diameter)
3½\" (High)
3¼\" (Base Diameter)

Made by the
Dugan Glass Company
Indiana, Pennsylvania
circa 1906
Source: Heacock, William, and JoAnn Elmore (2000), Opalescent Glass From A-Z: Revised Edition of William Heacock\'s Encyclopedia of Victorian Pattern Glass, Books 2 and 9. Antique Publications: Marietta, OH, p. 210.

This is a scarce antique opalescent glass bowl featuring the Wheel and Block pattern and made by Dugan Glass, circa 1906.

The bowl has scalloped edging with the four pointed sides up, fleur di lis, bullseye jewels on stippled background, and a bursting sun rays center... very Victorian in style.

A real beauty!

Very Brief Background Information: Thomas Dugan and his cousin, Harry C. Northwood, started out as employees at the Hobbs-Brockunier glass company in Wheeling, West Virginia. Eventually, Harry would form the Northwood Glass Company of Wheeling, West Virginia and Thomas would form the Dugan Glass Company of Indiana, Pennsylvania. Both companies were kingpins (along with Fenton) of the carnival and opalescent glass market in the early 1900\'s. Mould-sharing was apparently not uncommon between Dugan and Northwood. Northwood closed its doors in 1925. Dugan also closed its doors in the 1920s.
Condition: This piece is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or restorations. The opalescence is fiery. There are, of course, the usual manufacturing facets to point out, e.g., the internal air bubbles and the straw marks (shearing tool marks), all commonly associated with the hand manufacturing of old opalescent, carnival, and EAPG. No two pieces of old hand manufactured glass are exactly alike.

... A fantastic example of a Dugan pattern and a nice piece for the appreciator of fine EAPG, carnival and opalescent glass, be it Dugan, Northwood, Fenton, Jefferson, Millersburg, Westmoreland, Imperial, Sowerby, or others!

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