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Fenton Line #100 Topaz Three Legged Bowl

29 Saturday Aug 2020

Posted by d.b. in Fenton

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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.’

Back Home – Yippie – with a Westmoreland Cat on Basket

26 Saturday Jul 2014

Posted by d.b. in Westmoreland

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Animals in Glass, Blue Glass, Cat on a Nest, Coloured Glass, Opalescent Glass

Westmoreland Cat (2)What a great trip we had to Washington, D.C. and points in between.  I didn’t keep track of the thrift shops, antique shops and flea markets that we visited, but there were lots.  My guy is very patient.

I brought back more than the usual number of items and have lots of new (old) pieces to post.Westmoreland Cat (3)

I always look for the special piece that really peaks my interest (that’s affordable).  I didn’t find anything until yesterday at the very last shop we visited in Waterdown, New York.  It’s a beauty, but I am gong to try to identify it before it is posted.

In the interim, here’s a cute little cat on nest.  Made by Westmoreland CatWestmoreland, it has opalescent edges and ears.

Quite the sad expression on its little face.

I’ve posted the mark.  It was created by Westmoreland’s final owner, David Grossman.  The Grossman mark consists of the name Westmoreland encircling three vertical lines.  I know it’s hard to pick up the details in this photo.  This mark was used between 1983-1984, when the company closed.  So this little kitty is 30+ years old!

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