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Fenton Water Lily Amber Compote

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

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This pretty compote has an opalescent ruffled rim.  The amber is very rich and the contrast with the ruffle is very attractive.  I bought this recently, although I don’t recall where – perhaps in Fenelon Falls.

The pattern is quite pronounced – open water lily blooms and another flower head in profile.  I can’t decide whether it is a closed water lily or a tulip.

The piece is signed.  It has the word Fenton, enclosed in an oval, with the teensiest number “8” beneath the oval.  Carnival Glass 101 identifies this mark to indicate a production date of the 1980s.  Check this site out if you are trying to identify a glass mark- it’s great!

 

Fenton Hobnail Mini-Vase

01 Thursday Mar 2012

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This little vase has a crimped rim.  You can’t really get the feel for the colour, through this photo, but it is opalescent.  This is how someone has defined this glass on Wikipedia – “The term opalescent glass is commonly used to describe glass where more than one color is present, being fused during the manufacture.” These little pieces were made in the ’40s/’50s and are easy to find in a variety of colours – opalescent and in milk glass.   You can also acquire many different items as well.

I like the blue the best.  I have had a couple pieces of blue Hobnail – vases.  Actually I’m kind of wondering where the others are.  I have a feeling they are packed in boxes in the garage.  The Youtube clip shows how opalescent glass is made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbzIyQx2mpk

Hand Vases

20 Monday Feb 2012

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Yesterday I was in Cobourg, coming home from an auction in Brighton.  We stopped for lunch at Meet at 66 King West (great place) which is conveniently attached to an antique shop.  We browsed, and oddly enough I didn’t buy anything but I saw a couple vases that were interesting.  Flash forward to today….I am trying to identify an etch and am perusing my books.  Came across similar vases to those of yesterday.  The book image is of Fenton Hand Vase #38.  Produced 1942-1943.  They look like they sound – a hand holding a vase.  Ran a search and came across this interesting site – www.theglassmuseum.com/glasshandvases.htm.  Lots of information in this article, and on the site in general.  I think I’m going to make a page with links to specific glass objects.  While I tend to focus on beverage stems, there are many, many other items that folks collect.