Afterglow Carnival Glass
An Unusual line of Carnival Glass
Made by the Diamond Glass-Ware Company.
Welcome to our web-site on the "Afterglow" Carnival Glass. Afterglow was a line of carnival glass manufactured by the Diamond Glass-Ware Company of Indiana, Pennsylvania from 1928-1931. Very little information has been written or is know about this line of carnival glass. Our first experience with this carnival glass line was a ice cream shape bowl in the Windflower pattern that we purchased in 1997. Since then we have acquired additional carnival glass patterns in the afterglow line manufactured by the Diamond Glass-Ware Company. Use the links below to see photographs of the various patterns.
After Glow is a marigold iridescent treatment of a pink or occasionally light green glass carnival glass. It was first listed as a product of the Diamond Glass-Ware Company, usually referred to the Dugan/Diamond Company in the 1928 China and Glass Directory. Later in 1929, it was advertised in the G. Summers & Company catalog as an assortment of pink afterglow. In 1930, an assortment of pink and green afterglow carnival glass was advertised in the same catalog. Even though about a dozen glass patterns are shown in the advertisement other patterns have been found. Finding these patterns in the afterglow line is very difficult and few are know to exist.
How can you tell if you have a piece of afterglow carnival glass? Pink afterglow is usually not recognized since it is almost always viewed against a light background. When viewed against a light background, the marigold iridescence will have some pink and blue highlights. But if the same piece of afterglow is viewed on a black background, a beautiful blue, green and sometimes purple iridescence, that was not evident previously, will appear. This iridescence will disappear when the glass is moved to a light background. The base color of the glass will be pink. The pink may vary from a light to a very dark pink color.
Green afterglow is more difficult to recognize since it usually has a very heavy overlay of marigold iridescence. The marigold iridescence does not change in color when viewed on a light or dark background. The green color, usually, can only be seen by looking at the base of the carnival glass where it is not iridized using a white back light to shine through the glass. The green color of the base will vary from a light green to various shades of lime green
Visit our photogallery of pink and green afterglow is see the variety of patterns we have found. In all cases the afterglow carnival glass is a pattern manufactured by the Diamond Glass-Ware Company. The links below will take you to our photo-gallery. Most of these patterns have not been previously reported. We continue to find other patterns in the afterglow line, so visit us again for the latest addition.
We enjoy sharing this information with other Carnival Glass Collectors. Visit us again as we will update the photo-gallery as find additional patterns in the Afterglow line of carnival glass.
Jerry & Cleo Kudlac