Who Made "WILD IRIS"

The following information is from an article written by William Heacock and published in the Antique Trader Weekly in 1981. 

 

Heacock shows a complete table set in this color and calls it "Peacock Blue". He notes that a previous writer attributed Wild Iris to Westmoreland based upon a company catalog (around 1910) that she had. Heacock accepted that attribution although he had previously felt it was by Consolidated.  He mentions that there is considerable confusion caused by the article as the author also claims that the popular Cosmos pattern was also made by Westmoreland.  He assumed that the Cosmos pattern must have appeared in the same catalog. Other documentation shows a Cosmos  minilamp in a Consolidated catalog. 

He also notes that the author claims that this color matches a color for the pattern "Late Westmoreland".  Heacock points out that he has seen a Parlor Lamp by Consolidated that matches this color.

The bottom line of the discussion is that it seems one must assume that both companies made both Cosmos and Wild Iris (OMN Iris). But, who made what, and what colors, and what decorations, is pending further research. It is now clear why this article did not make his later book; he must not have had any further information.

Heacock also noted that he saw this "Peacock Blue" set around 1976 and had not seen another piece in that color. He reserved any publication on it as he heard that AA Imports had reproduced the pattern; a fact he no longer believed as he had seen no other pieces.

 

 

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