Northwood's Peacock and Urn can be distinguished from Millersburg's by its smooth, or plain, base. Millersburg's has a many-rayed star. Northwood's Peacock and Urn has a wide panel exterior pattern, a bee to the left of the bird's beak and three rows of beading on the top, center and bottom of the urn. Colors are many and inlcudeamethyst, aqua opal, blue, iridized custard, green, horehound, ice blue, ice green, lime green, marigold, renninger blue, sapphire, smoke, vaseline and white.
Four molds were used to make Northwood's pattern: The large bowls are found with stippling under the bird (though referred to as unstippled) and overall stippling; the small bowls or sauces also are found with stippling under the bird as well as above the bird. Interestingly, ruffled versions of these bowls are much more rare than the ice cream shapes. Above are an overall stippled master ice cream bowl in blue, a unstippled master in pastel marigold and a complete ice cream set (one master and six individuals) in amethyst. On the pastel marigold you can see stippling under the bird, but in the area around the column and urn above the bird, there is no stippling. Thus it is referred to as un-stippled. |