Fenton Hobnail Candle Holder

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Fenton HobnailDropped my mom home to Fort Erie and we decided to check out the two thrift shops there.  I picked up a few pieces of hobnail.  So……it will be hobnail show and tell this week!

Interesting piece.  On the bottom you can see the letters “Patent No. 3547569”.  The inside has a Fenton label.  Pretty easy to look up.Fenton Hobnail 3

I obviously have no imagination so couldn’t figure out the purpose of this piece.  Turns out it is a candle holder.  There are spaces for five small candles and then there is space in the middle for candles of two different sizes.

I found a couple samples online, including one in blue slag glass.  Two of them indicate that the piece was signed with the Fenton-in-an-oval signature.  My piece in unsigned – just the label.  Fenton Hobnail (2)So I have no idea how old this is.  At least 30 years old I’d guess.  Not difficult to find these online.  I saw one with a lid.  I guess that was to cover the bowl when it was not in use.

For $3.00 I think this was a bargain!

 

Viking Vase from the Epic Line

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VaseI picked this vase up some time ago but stuck it in a cabinet in the bathroom basement and forgot about it.  Was cleaning the bathroom when lo and behold there it was!  Made me curious about it again.

I posted the query on the Elegant and Everyday Glass Forum where someone provided the identification.  I had a quick look online.  Didn’t find this vase, but learned about lots of other neat stuff including the information that Birks might have made some of the silver overlays for some of these pieces.

If this is a part of this line then the piece was likely made in the sixties.  Hard to believe that this is still potentially fifty years old!  Sheesh, I still remember the sixties!

Nice heavy piece of glass, although impractical to use without a frog – the flowers kept sliding into the lower lobes.

Don’t know if you are supposed to clean the silver.  I’ve read that you are not.  Don’t want to ruin it.  If anyone knows, please pass on your information.