Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Rande Bly of Birmingham, Alabama sends this along:

Here is a photo of 7 of my green pieces side by side. Gardner pictured 6 different colors of green in color plate XXII. He had color names and some possible color names. They were Pomona Green, Green #5, Antique Green,Spanish Green, Nile Green, and one unknown green. All 6 of these greens are in my photograph.

Somehow what Gardner had for Nile Green got changed. Then we found out what got changed to Nile Green was really Celadon.

Then what Gardner had for Antique Green got changed from this dark color to the bright apple green we see at the web site. I have been saying this is incorrect. Uranium content is the proof.

At this time there are 3 different greens being classified as Pomona. They are: Green #5, Olive Green, and Pomona Green. Carder jokingly said he only made one color of green and that was green…..well he obviously named it Pomona!

I do not understand why these were changed without proving Gardner wrong first. I have been working on the greens for over 35 years and took a totally different route. Where did I end up this year? Exactly where Gardner was 35 years ago! Why not? He had the best firsthand information.

Added to Gardner’s 6 greens are Sea Green, Special Green, Window Glass Green (Pale Green), and Celadon Green. I believe Gardner’s unidentified green is Olive Green. That is all the greens I can find. Only 10 total (not counting the green foot and stem to Oriental Poppy)

So, here they are

REAR ROW LEFT TO RIGHT:

Pomona Green rolled rim bowl

Antique Green tall 366 vase

Spanish Green large centerpiece bowl

MIDDLE ROW LEFT TO RIGHT:

Green#5 optic rolled rim vase

Olive Green 368 short fluted rim vase

Window Glass Green lemonade

FRONT:

Nile Green flower frog? (the lightest green Gardner showed)

During the green series I will explain how to easily spot these different colors and separate them in your collections. I don’t know if Gardner had them perfect. However, until someone proves these wrong I am comfortable with Gardner’s identifications. The important thing is….we have 10 greens and before long we all will be able to tell them apart.

Rande Bly

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