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Fenton Orange Tree Bowl

09 Friday Jul 2021

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Bowl, Carnival Glass, Carnival. Berries, Flowers, Marigold Glass, Orange Glass

I don’t generally buy Carnival pieces but hubby and I went on a wee rural ramble last weekend and for the first time in more than a year I was able to check out a few antique stores.  It was so much fun.

I picked up three pieces of Carnival from the same vendor and was able to identify all three as they are not particularly unique.

This pretty bowl, by Fenton, is called Orange Tree.

David Doty – https://ddoty.com/orangetree.html says:

“One of Fenton’s most popular patterns, Orange Tree was produced in a great range of shapes. Only the plates, bowls, and mugs, however, are found in much of a color range. Some of the plates and bowls have an alternate center in which the trunk of the orange trees seems to skip the interior band and continue slightly into the center.  A rare variation of the bowls has a daisy pattern in the center band rather than the alternating basketweave and floral design. The three-in-one edge,  is very rare in Orange Tree. The Orange Tree pattern has been used by Fenton on a number of contemporary pieces, including bowls.”

My piece doesn’t have any of the variations.  The back however has an array of berries and foliage.  I have seen this referred to as ‘Bearded Berry’ on other online sites.  I don’t have any Fenton resources to check of my own.

I believe this had an early twentieth century production date – quite pretty.

 

Fenton Line #100 Topaz Three Legged Bowl

29 Saturday Aug 2020

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Bowl, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Line 100, Opalescent Glass, Ring, Ringed, Rings, Topaz Glass, Vaseline Glass, Yellow Glass

This little bowl has a very pretty colour.  I don’t know Fenton’s colour chart at all, but my understanding that this is their colour Topaz.  I have this great book – Colors & Patterns of Depression Era Glassware by Doris Yeske & Lyle Fokken – which refers to Fostoria’s ‘yellow’ glass being called ‘Topaz’.

In fact, Fenton is a company that is not well represented in my collections, or purchases.  Don’t know why.  I tend to lean toward Heisey, Cambridge or Fostoria glass lines and etches.

The brightness of the colour, and the opalescence around the rim caught my eye.  However the pattern is pretty too.  The photos may not show this well – but there are rings in the glass.  I don’t know if the pattern was named “Ring’ or ‘Rings’ or ‘Ringed’ by Fenton but I see online that it is often referred to by one of those names.

This piece does glow brightly under a blacklight.  These bright green pieces are often referred to as Vaseline glass.

The Encyclopedia of Glass by Mark Pickvet defines ‘Vaseline Glass’ as follows (p. 269):

“Glass made with a small amount of uranium oxide (usually 1-2%) that imparts a light greenish-yellow color……Vaseline glass was first made by the Romans; however it was not used in glass production in any quantity until the mid-nineteenth century.  The term ‘Vaseline’ was not used until about 1937.  Note that the English usually refer to Vaseline glass as ‘Lemonescent’ while it has also been called canary, yellow, uranium, topaz, magic, Canaria, Chameleon, Anna Yelloow, Annagrun, and Lenora Green.’

Fenton – Line 1623 – Dolphin Candleholder

18 Sunday Nov 2018

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Amberina, Animals in Glass, Art Glass, Candle Holder, Colored Glass, Coloured Glass, Depression, Dolphins, Pressed Glass, Red Glass

 

This has such a pretty rich colour.  Ruby with hints of yellow, particularly in the dolphins.  The floral details on the base make this a very festive holiday piece.  Likely would have more of a Christmas feel with reindeer instead of the dolphins!

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