Green Carnival Glass Flute Toothpick Holder - Old Imperial

Glass : Imperial

 

This is a green carnival glass toothpick holder made by Imperial in the early 1900's. The pattern is called Flute or Imperial Flute. There were very few carnival glass TP holders made in the early 1900's. This is one of the scarce few.

This is a deep green base glass with lots of red and gold carnival colors. This sweet beauty stands 2 1/2 inches tall and measures 2 inches across the flared, scalloped top. There are a couple of "dings in the panel edges. These small items did not pull well from the molds. That is probably why very few TP holders were made. These little edge dings are common to this item. The base is also slightly mis-shaped. This causes no "sitting" problems and can only be seen if turned over. As stated above, these small items had some molding problems.

All the above sounds worse then what it is. It is a small, 100 year, scarce cutie, very pleasing to the eye. It is in wonderful condition for its age. This has a book value of 60.00 dollars. It is bargain priced and would be a nice addition to any carnival glass collection. I just love small carnival!

Item ID: 0802-994