This is a sample of carelessness.  This is a pretty little compote that I bought in Waterloo this past weekend.  The tag on the compote said that it was a piece of Fenton.  I checked the piece for marks, but couldn’t see any.  I figured that it might be an older piece of Fenton, if Fenton at all.

Found the pattern – Persian Medallion.  The piece I was reading mentioned that this pattern was reproduced in the compote in the eighties.  I went back and looked at the stem.  Sure enough there was the Fenton mark with the number “8” beneath it.  I must have had my thumb on the bottom while looking at it!

I likely would not have purchased it knowing it was made in the ’80s.  Oh well.  It still is pretty!