Non-Iridized Windflower

 of Dugan/Diamond

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The Dugan Glass Company introduced opalescent glass about 1906 which was referred to in their advertisements as Opalescent Novelties. In 1914 the Diamond Glass Company advertised blue and white (non-iridized) opalescent glass in the Butler Brothers catalog. A number of patterns were illustrated in this advertisement including the Windflower pattern. Some of the colors found and shown below are white and blue opalescent, a clear pink and solid black.

White Opalescent  Bowl

The Windflower pattern can be found in white opalescent glass.  Although it is difficult to find, it more often found in white than in blue opalescent. To date, we the white in the ten ruffle bowl, not in a six ruffle; bowl or plate. The Dugan/Diamond Glass Ware-Company was well know for the manufacture of peach opalescent carnival glass, but you will not find the Windflower pattern in this color. A few pieces have been reported but we have not been able to find them to add to our collection.

Blue Opalescent Bowl

The blue Opalescent Windflower bowl is difficult one to find. The blue is a bright blue and would be a real find it had been iridized. We have only found the blue in a ten ruffle bowl.

White Opalescent Nappy

The white opalescent Windflower Nappy at one time was reported to quite rare, but it has been our experience to see at least a couple of these a year on Internet auctions.  Still, it is not a very easy piece to find.  The base color of the glass of this nappy is not clear crystal, instead it has a slight blue haze to it.  To our knowledge it has not been found or reported in blue opalescent.

Pink Windflower Bowl

The Diamond Glass-Ware Company made two colors of pink glass. One known as the No. 900 or Victory line was a bright pink.  The second pink color was know as the Barcelona line is described as a salmon-pink or orange tinted pink.  In our opinion the non-iridized Windflower bowl tends to look like the salmon-pink while the carnival glass (iridized) Windflower tends to be the bright pink.  Since both colors were made, they could probably be found in both colors.  The bowl shown appears to be the salmon-pink. Some collectors may refer to this color as depression pink. We have not found either color in a non-iridized six ruffle bowl or a plate.

Black Windflower Bowl

Black glass was introduced by the Diamond Glass-Ware Company in the early 1920's. Iridized black glass was advertised as Egyptian Lustre. The Windflower ten ruffle bowl shown is not iridized, but does have a very glossy surface making it very difficult to photograph.  Black is also a difficult color to find in the Windflower pattern and so far we have only found this color in the ten ruffle bowl.  We know of one black Windflower bowl that is reported to be iridized.