Carnival Glass Light & Lamp Shades
Part 2- Imperial Carnival Glass Shades Continued
Series by Roy Hieger
Buzz Saw
This Imperial shade has a stippled and frosted outer surface with a Buzz Saw imitation cut design. It is known in marigold, a honey amber-like color, green, white, and smoke. They are iridized on both surfaces. There is a beaded, cut spear design around the top, 9 short ones over each buzz saw, and 2 long ones extending down between the buzz saws. Three different sizes are shown in an old Imperial catalog. The white shade in the photo measures 4 ˝ inches in height.
Clear Pillars
This is another of Imperial’s NUART shades. It was made in the electric style, and is known in a pale marigold. The pattern consists of six wide, stippled panels separated by a narrow, slightly raised, clear rib that extends from the fitter to the faintly serrated bottom. It measures 4 inches in height, and is iridized inside and out.
Colonial (#544)
This was Imperial’s #544, and was made only in the electric and cluster electric style. The name Colonial comes from an old Imperial catalog. The pattern consists of 12 wide, vertical, exterior panels. The bottom is scalloped. The shade measures 3 ˝ inches in height, and is known in marigold, white, green, and smoke, all iridized inside and out.
A large, 11 inch, cluster electric Colonial shade in emerald green with bluish iridization was offered for sale on eBay in Aug., 2002. I wanted it in the worst way, but grossly underestimated the selling price ($375.00). An identical shade (or perhaps the same shade) is shown on page 285 of Carwile’s Encyclopedia of Carnival Glass, 11th edition. He described it as “one of the most beautiful light shades” he had ever run across.
The cluster electric version is shown, paired with a smaller electric shade, on page six of the Archer’s Blue Book, both sizes with a matching sand-blasted floral design.