This document summarizes information about the "Cased Opalescent Martelé" glass line produced by Consolidated Lamp & Glass Company in the 1920s-1930s. It was designed by Reuben Haley and produced using a cased glass technique with an opal inner layer and clear outer layer. The line included over 23 shapes such as vases, bowls, and shades in colors like lilac, sepia, and jade. Reuben Haley was inspired by glass designs by René Lalique that he saw in a 1925 exhibition in Paris.

1. Phoenix Reuben-Line
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Consolidated
“Cased Opalescent Martelé”
© Tom Jiamachello 2015

2. Five Questions
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1 What is “cased” glass?
2 Who designed and produced the line?
3 When was it produced?
4 In what colors was it made?
5 In what shapes was it made?

3. 1 What is “cased” glass?
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definition (Wilson page 197): “cased glass”: the use of two
layers of glass, usually an inner layer of opal (milk glass) that is
then covered by an outer layer of glass.
In the 1890s, Consolidated added a layer of clear glass
over a very thin inner layer of colored glass.
In the 1926-1930 period, Consolidated changed the inner
layer to an opal (milk) glass and the outer layer to clear glass,
which then had a ceramic finish (wash) fired onto it.

4. 1 What is “cased” glass?
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1893-1900 cased glass

5. 1 What is “cased” glass?
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1927-1930 cased glass

6. 2 Who designed and produced the Cased
Opalescent Martelé“ line??
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• Reuben Haley created the designs for this line.
• Consolidated Lamp & Glass Company produced
this line as part of their “Art Glassware Division”

7. 2 When was it produced?
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• This line was introduced at the Fort Pitt Hotel in January
1926. Fewer than six months prior to this date in 1925,
Reuben Haley had seen a traveling exhibition which came
to Pittsburgh of 400 articles which included 50 examples of
glass, many designed by Lalique, from the 1925
International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial
Arts in Paris.
• At that exhibition, René Lalique presented “Glass vases
decorated with large berries, brown scarabs, birds. Glass
vases in blue and gray, opal and in violet and opal green.
Lalique used in particular an opalescent glass with figures
molded in high relief. Sound familiar? It should. That
describes Reuben Haley’s Martelé line.

8. 4 In what documented colors was it made?
Lilac Sepia Jade
Cameo Pink
Honey
Daffodil Yellow Russet (Red) Light Blue
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9. 4 In what shapes was the cased “Martelé” made?
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23 molds have been found in cased versions: (1-12)
Bird of Paradise Vase (2549)
Bittersweet Vase (2785)
Blackberry Umbrella Vase (2587)
Chickadee Vase (2589)
Cockatoo Vase (2754)
Dancing Girl (2843)
Dogwood Vase (2787)
Dragonfly Vase (2785)
Humming-Bird Vase (2588)
Jonquil Vase (2683)
Katydid Oval Vase (2666)
Le Fleur Vase (2550)

10. 4 In what shapes was the cased “Martelé” made?
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23 molds have been found in cased versions: (13-23)
Line 700 Vase 7 inch (700)
Line 700 Vase 10 inch Vase (701)
Love-Bird Banana Boat (2754)
Love-Bird Vase (2752)
Nuthatch Planter Vase (02757)
Pine Cone Vase (2753)
Screech-Owl Vase (02756)
Sea-Gull Vase (02758)
Fish Vase (02753)
Cockatoo Shade, small size
Cockatoo Shade, large size

11. 1. Shape #2549 - Bird of Paradise vase
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12. 2. Shape #2875- Bittersweet vase
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13. 3. Shape #2587 - Blackberry (umbrella) vase
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14. 4. Shape #2589 - Chickadee vase
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15. 5. Shape #2687 - Chrysanthemum vase
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16. 6. Shape #2754 - Cockatoo vase
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17. 7. Shape #2843 - Dancing Nudes (Pan) vase
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18. 8. Shape #2787 - Dogwood vase
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19. 99 Shape #2785 - Dragonfly
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20. 99 Shape #2785 - Dragonfly
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21. 10 Shape #2682 - Floral vase
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22. 11 Shape #2681 - Foxglove vase
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23. 12 Shape #2588 - Humming-bird vase
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24. 13 Shape #2683 - Jonquil vase
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25. 14 Shape #2694-B - Katydid vase, fan shape
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26. 15 Shape #2666 - Katydid vase, ovoid shape
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27. 16 Shape #2694 - Katydid vase, tumbler shape
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28. 17 Shape #2550 - Le Fleur (Poppy) vase
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29. 18 Shape #700 - Line 700 7” vase
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30. 19 Shape #701 - Line 700 10” vase
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31. 20 Shape #2754 - Love Birds Banana Boat Bowl
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32. 21 Shape #2752 - Love Birds vase
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33. 22 Shape #02757 - Nuthatch Planter
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34. 23 Shape #2695 - Olives vase
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35. 24 Shape #2753 - Pine Cone vase
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36. 25 Shape #02756 - Screech Owl vase
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37. 26 Shape #02758 - Seagull vase
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38. 27 Shape #02753 - (Tropical) Fish vase
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39. 28 Shape #? - Cockatoo shade (small)
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40. 29 Shape #? - Cockatoo shade (large)
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41. Photo credits:
Josh & Rich Bair
Bill Burke
Sue Cotter
Tom Jiamachello
Dan Stanley
Gary Wickland & Bruce Mueller
Jack Wilson
and the wide spaces of the Internet.
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42. I hope you enjoyed
the presentation.
Happy collecting!
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Consolidated
“Cased Opalescent Martelé”
© Tom Jiamachello 2015