Carnival glass
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Carnival glass is a pressed glass that was sprayed with meatal oxides and then reheated. The oxides made tha glass iridescent which gave it the appearance of being multicolored when veiwed in sunlight or other bright light.
While still made today, carnival glass enjoyed its biggest hayday in the early 1900's. Major US manufacturers were Fenton, Northwood, Imperial, Millersburg, Dugan and US Glass. Carniuval glass was also made in Great Britan, Europe, Austraila, Mexico and South America.