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The bowl has a wonderful ruffled and scalloped rim, with large raised flowers, leaves, and flowing botanical details decorating the border. The opalescent treatment becomes especially prominent along the upper portion of the bowl, creating a soft pale green, aqua, and creamy white appearance that contrasts beautifully against the deeper transparent green glass below.
The interior displays an ornate pressed-glass design with geometric and decorative motifs radiating through the center. Because the design is molded directly into the glass, the pattern creates wonderful depth, texture, and reflections when viewed from different angles.
The bowl is elevated on three decorative applied-style glass feet, giving it a graceful raised profile. The feet retain the transparent green coloration and complement the elaborate floral border. The combination of the three-footed form, ruffled rim, and opalescent floral decoration makes this an especially attractive display piece.
Another particularly interesting feature is its UV reactivity. When exposed to ultraviolet/black light, portions of the green glass fluoresce with a vivid green glow. This makes the bowl appealing not only to collectors of Northwood and Early American Pattern Glass, but also to collectors who enjoy displaying antique UV-reactive glass.
This piece would display beautifully in a china cabinet, curio cabinet, glass collection, Victorian-inspired interior, or alongside other antique Northwood and opalescent glass.
Features and details:
- Maker: Northwood Glass
- Pattern: Pearl Flowers
- Type: Decorative / serving bowl
- Style: Early American Pattern Glass (EAPG)
- Material: Pressed glass
- Color: Transparent green with pale green/white opalescent accents
- Form: Three-footed bowl
- Rim: Deeply ruffled/scalloped
- Decoration: Raised molded flowers, leaves, and ornamental pressed-glass details
- UV reactive: Yes — fluoresces green under UV/black light
- Era: Antique
- Collectible American glassware
The opalescence is one of the most attractive aspects of this bowl. Depending on the lighting and viewing angle, the border can appear creamy white, pale green, aqua, or almost blue-green, while the lower glass retains its much richer transparent green color. These variations give the piece considerably more visual depth than a single-color pressed-glass bowl.
Condition
Antique pre-owned condition with age appropriate characteristics. Please carefully review all photographs, as they are an important part of the condition description and show the actual item you will receive.
As with antique pressed and opalescent glass, minor variations in color, molding, bubbles, straw marks, surface irregularities, or other characteristics associated with the manufacturing process may be present and should not automatically be considered damage.
Please note: The bowl has been observed fluorescing under UV/black light. I would describe it on as “UV reactive” rather than definitively calling it uranium glass unless you have independently verified the glass composition.
Only the antique glass bowl is included in the sale.
