Tom Jiamachello presented this at the July 2009 annual convention of the Phoenix & Consolidated Glass Collectors Club. It covers Dance of the Nudes glassware made by the Consolidated Lamp & Glass Company in Coraopolis, PA. The line of glassware was designed by Reuben Haley. If you enjoyed this presentation, have you considered joining the Phoenix & Consolidated Glass Collectors Club? Visit our web site for details about our club, its activities and membership. http://www.pcgcc.org/

1. Consolidated Glass
Dancing Nymph Line
(1926-1932, 1936-?)
Tom Jiamachello for 2009
PCGCC Convention
© Tom Jiamachello 2009

2. Introducing: the Dancing Nymphs Line
(aka Dance of the Nudes)

3. Made by Consolidated Glass
(1926-1932, 1936-194-?)

10. Photo credits:
Bill Burke
Gary Wickland & Bruce Mueller
Scott Montroy & David Cleveland
Sue Cotter
Tom Jiamachello
the wide spaces of the Internet.

11. Part 1 - History of the line

12. The 1926 Martelé line featured an 8”
salad plate with nude figures as the
motif. That design would give rise to
the Dancing Nymph line.
As part of the Martelé line, this 8” plate was decorated
using ceramic colors. Its outside edge was always beveled
and polished. The ceramic color was fired on first. Then
the edge of the plate was beveled and polished.
This finishing technique was used from 1926-1932 when
Consolidated closed and the molds went to Phoenix.
The original Martelé line also included a 10” plate produced
by the use of a panagraph duplicating machine.

13. From 1933 - 1936, Phoenix glass produced items in the
Dancing Nymph line using colors we now refer to as the
Reuben Line colors: dark blue, light blue, green, pink,
white, and yellow.
A deep pink and a russet red color are also known.
How many Dance of the Nudes items do YOU have in
those colors?
The pieces we known to have been produced are: 8” plate,
10” plate, 8” bowl, palace platter, palace bowl, and Pan
Vase.

14. From 1936-194?, Consolidated expanded the line by
including:
3080C 5 1/4” Crimped Top Vase
3080F 5 1/2” Fan Vase
3080 Goblet
3091 Sherbet
3091 1/2 Cocktail
3095 6” Plate
3098 4 1/2” Berry Bowl
3099 Cup
3099 1/2 Saucer
At the same time, they simplified the finishing, eliminating
the ceramic colors and the hand beveling and hand
polishing.

16. According to page 145-146 of the Wilson book:
“The luncheon set pieces can be found in the following colors and
finishes:
Plain crystal
Frosted crystal
French crystal (figures in crystal, background frosted)
Pink crystal
Frosted pink (overall frosted)
Green crystal (this is an odd green, toward the blue side)
Frosted green
Ruby stained (starting in Spring 1944): 8” and 10” plate, fan vase,
crimped vase, goblet, cup and saucer,” Pan Vase

17. Part 2 - The line
( shape number / name)

18. The Dancing Nymphs line included the following:
3080C 5 1/4” Crimped Top Vase
3080F 5 1/2” Fan Vase
3080 Goblet
3091 Sherbet
3091 1/2 Cocktail
3095 6” Plate
3096 8” Plate
3097 10” Plate
3098 4 1/2” Berry Bowl
3098 1/2 8” Bowl
3099 Cup
3099 1/2 Saucer
Additional Known Items:
2840 Candlesticks - 2 nude figures
2795 B “Palace size” bowl
2795 B “Palace size” bowl
Pan Vase
Torchère Shade
Sconces

19. Let’s take a look now at each
item in line and the colors we
can document at this time.
(As additional information comes to light, I will update this presentation.)

20. 3080C 5 1/4” Crimped Top Vase - Ruby-flashed

21. 3080C 5 1/4” Crimped Top Vase - Ruby-flashed
More views

22. 3080C 5 1/4” Crimped Top Vase - Reuben-Line Russet

23. 3080C 5 1/4” Crimped Top Vase - Reuben-Line Sky Blue

24. 3080F 5 1/4” Fan Vase
Ruby-flashed - French Crystal

25. 3080 - Goblet - Reuben-Line butterscotch

26. 3080 - Goblet - Reuben-Line Green

27. 3080 - Goblet - light Yellow tint

28. 3080 Goblet - Reuben Blue

29. 3080 Goblet - Reuben-Line Sky Blue

30. 3080 Goblet - Reuben-Line sepia

31. 3080 - Goblet - Clear

32. 3080 - Goblet - French Crystal

33. 3080 Goblet - Frosted Pink

34. 3080 Goblet - Frosted Green-blue

35. 3080 Goblet - Ruby-flashed

36. 3080 Goblet - All colors (Review)

37. 3091 Sherbet - Frosted Crystal

38. 3091 Sherbet - Pink

39. 3091 Sherbet - Frosted Pink

40. 3091 Sherbet - Frosted Green-blue

41. 3091 Sherbet - All Colors (Review)

42. 3091 1/2 Cocktail - Clear

43. 3091 1/2 Cocktail - French Crystal

44. 3091 1/2 Cocktail - Reuben-Line pink

45. 3098 1 1/2” Berry Bowl - French Crystal

46. 3098 1/2 8” Bowl - Yellow

47. 3098 1/2 8” Bowl - White ceramic

48. 3098 1/2 8” Bowl - French Crystal

49. 3098 1/2 8” Bowl - Frosted Crystal

50. 3098 1/2 8” Bowl - Reuben-Line Blue,
Butterscotch, Sky Blue

51. 3098 1/2 8” Bowl - Frosted Green-blue

52. 3098 1/2 8” Bowl - All Colors (Review)

53. 3099 / 3099 1/2 Cup & Saucer - Frosted Crystal

54. 3099 / 3099 1/2 Cup & Saucer
Frosted Green-blue

55. 3099 / 3099 1/2 Cup & Saucer - Clear

56. 3099 1/2 Saucer - Frosted Green-blue

57. Part 3 - Special Focus

58. Since 1995, I have been interested in the 8” and
10” plates from the Dancing Nymphs line.
In particular, I have collected the earlier ceramic
color hand-beveled 8” plates. My goal is to share
them with you here in order to gain answers to the
following two questions:
1) In how many colors was the 8” plate produced?
2) How many of said plates are currently known?
(and of course, where are they? LOL)

59. According to the information in the Wilson book:
Designed by Kenneth Haley, this plate started out
as a crystal blank. The ceramic finish was fired on
the back. The plate was then hand-beveled and
hand-polished. This version of the plate was made
only from 1926-1932.

60. Original Ceramic Colors: (1926-1932)
Light Brown (may be the “mellow honey color” Haley referred to)
Light green
Light blue
White
Amethyst?
Reuben Line Colors: (1933-1936)
Dark Blue (known to us as Reuben blue)
Pink
Later Production: (1936-194?)
Plain Crystal - (as Wilson noted, the vast majority of the plain crystal plates
may be from a large sale of factory glass held in Coraopolis in 1963)
Frosted Crystal
French Crystal
Pink Crystal
Frosted Pink
Green-blue Crystal
Frosted Green-blue

61. Latest Production: (1936-1944)
Light Blue (color in glass) (Coronation Blue?)
Ruby-flashed (first offered in Spring 1944)

62. Let’s take a look now at the 8”
and 10” plates and the colors
we can document at this time.
(As additional information comes to light, I will update this presentation.)

63. 3096 - 8” Plates

64. 3096 - 8” Plate - Light brown (Mellow honey?)

65. 3096 - 8” Plate - Light Green

66. Another 3096 - 8” Plate - Light Green

67. 3096 - 8” Plate - Light Blue

68. 3096 - 8” Plate - White ceramic wash

69. 3096 - 8” Plate - White (in ormulu mount)

70. 3096 - 8” Plate - Reuben Blue

71. 3096 - 8” Plate - Reuben Pink

72. 3096 - 8” Plate - Frosted Crystal

73. 3096 - 8” Plate - Frosted Crystal & French Crystal

74. 3096 - 8” Plate - French Crystal

75. 3096 - 8” Plate - Frosted Green-blue

76. 3096 - 8” Plate - Pink clear

77. 3096 - 8” Plate - Frosted Pink

78. 3096 - 8” Plate - Light blue (Coronation blue?)

79. 3096 - 8” Plate - Ruby-flashed

80. 3096 - 8” Plates - All colors (Review)

81. 3097 - 10” Plate - Clear? French Crystal?

82. Part 3 - 2843 Vases

83. Let’s take a look now at the one
vase (x2843 Dancing Girl) that
was part of the Martelé line that
collectors have adopted as part
of the Dance of the Nudes line,
the “Pan” vase.

84. Page 97 of the Wilson book shows two
Consolidated vases (fig. 628 and fig. 630) that
Wilson calls “Dancing Girls” vases. Figure 628 is
tri-color on custard. Figure 630 is green cased and
listed as extremely rare.
Though not technically a part of the Dancing
Nymphs line, the are close cousins.
Here are a few examples for you to enjoy!

85. Pan / Dancing Girls vase - Tri-color on custard

86. Pan / Dancing Girls vase - Tri-color on custard

87. Pan / Dancing Girls vase in ormulu
Tri-color on custard

88. Pan / Dancing Girls vase - Purple Cased

89. Pan / Dancing Girls vase
Pink on Clear

90. Pan / Dancing Girls vase
Ivory on custard

91. Pan / Dancing Girls vase
Gold on milk glass

92. Pan / Dancing Girls vase
opalescent glass with ruby flash. WOW!

93. Let’s take a look now at the one
vase that was made by Phoenix
which features nudes, the
“Dancing Girl” vase.

94. Page 97 of the Wilson book shows five Phoenix
vases (fig. 623, 624, 625, 626, 627) . Page 98
shows two more (fig. 637 and fig. 639). Page 100
show one vase (fig 671).
The following colors are shown:
Fig 623 - green over milk glass
Fig 624 - pink shadow
Fig 625 - Light blue pearlized
Fig 626 - Medium blue over milk glass
Fig 627 - tan pearlized
Fig 637 - brown shadow
Fig639 - tan shadow
Fig 671 - red pearlized
Here are a few examples for you to enjoy!

95. Phoenix Dancing Girl vase
Milk on medium blue

96. Phoenix Dancing Girl vase
red pearlized

97. Phoenix Dancing Girl vase
white pearlized on matte blue

98. Phoenix Dancing Girl vase
white pearlized on matte mauve (pink)

99. Phoenix Dancing Girl vase
pink figures on matte milk glass background

100. Part 4 - The big & the rare

101. Perhaps the most sought after pieces in the
Dancing Nymphs line are items 2795B & 2840.
These are the Palace size Bowls (2795B) &
Platter and the Console Candleholders (2840).
Together they made up a console set, that is, a
center bowl and matching candleholders.
To date, the candleholders are much harder to
find, singly or as a pair, than the Palace platter.

102. According to an article I found published on the
Portland’s Rain of Glass website in a 2005 article
on the Dancing Nymphs line by Michelle Dewitt,
she states that Phoenix made the 17” palace
platter, but only Consolidated made the 16” palace
bowl. What are your thoughts?
So, let’s take a look now at these stunning pieces!

103. Page 146 from the Wilson book showing a salesman’s
sample photograph that has hand tinted colors:
Notice that both shape bowls carry the same number: 2795-B BOWL

104. Here are the colors we know have been produced
in these stunning pieces:
Amethyst
Green
Sepia
Reuben blue
Ruby-flashed
Decorated French Crystal - term proposed by former PCGCC President Mark
Lawyer to describe French crystal with color stains on part of it.
White ceramic
??

105. 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter bowl - sepia?

106. 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter bowl - sepia?

107. 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter bowl - green

108. 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter bowl - green

109. 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter bowl - russet?

110. 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter bowl - closeups

111. 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter
White ceramic wash

112. 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter bowl - Reuben blue

113. Another 2795 B Bowl - Palace Platter bowl -
Reuben blue

114. 2840 - candlesticks - Decorated French Crystal

115. 2840 - candlesticks - green

116. Rare!…it’s
The Nudes Sconce in clear!

117. Rare!…it’s
The Nudes Center Light in clear!

118. Rare!…it’s
The Nudes Center Light & Sconces in clear!

119. Rare, rare!…it’s
The Nudes Sconce in green!

120. Rare, rare!…are
The Nudes Sconces in green!

121. Rare, rare!…it’s
The Nudes Center Light in green!

122. Rare, rare!…it’s
The Nudes Center Light & Sconces in green!

123. Rare, rare, rare…it’s
The Nudes Torchiere!

124. Rare, rare, rare…it’s
The Nudes Torchiere!

125. Rare, rare, rare…it’s
The Nudes Torchiere!

126. Rare, rare, rare…it’s
The Nudes Torchiere!

127. Concluding: the Dancing Nymphs Line
(aka Dance of the Nudes)

128. End
The End!
I hope you enjoyed the show.