Carnival Glass Light & Lamp Shades
Part 5- Imperial Carnival Glass Shades Continued
Series by Roy Hieger
FINE CROSSHATCH (#430)
This was Imperial’s # 430. The pattern consists of many fine circular ribs on the outer surface, and many equally fine vertical ribs on the inside. The pattern is very much like Northwood’s Ribbed Spiral pattern. On the Imperial version the circular, external ribs extend to 1/8 inch from the bottom. On a very similar green shade I suspect was made by Northwood, the ribs stop 3/8 inch from the bottom. The Imperial shade was made in both the gas, and the electric styles, and is known in marigold, and helios, both iridized inside and out. They measure 4 ¼ inches in height.
IMPERIAL’S FINE RIBS
This NUART electric shade has 55 slender vertical exterior ribs that extend from immediately below the fitter to the ruffled bottom. I have seen a number of similar, but not identical, fine rib shades, all of them a light to medium marigold, and none of them marked. The shade in the photo is the first and only smoke example I have encountered, and the only on with the maker identified. It measures 4 ¼ inches in height, and is iridized inside and out, a beautiful example of Imperial’s multicolored smoke iridization. I am not aware of any gas style shades in this pattern
IMPERIAL'S #591
This was Imperial’s # 591, another of their NUART shades. It is frosted on the outside, and has an encircling sandblasted Greek Key pattern, approximately ¾ inches above the gently scalloped bottom. The catalog illustrations in the Archer’s blue book indicate #591 was made in marigold, white, and green, with hand cut, and sand blasted patterns in addition to the Greek Key shown here. They are presumably out there somewhere, just waiting to be found. The shade was made only in the electric style. It measures 4.0 inches in height, and is iridized inside and out.