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Glass manufacturer

Fenton Fine art Drinking glass Company

Type	Individual company
Founded	Martins Ferry, Ohio (1905)
Headquarters	Williamstown, West Virginia, United States
Number of employees	120
Website	http://fentonglassjewelry.com

The Fenton Fine art Glass Company is a glass manufacturer founded in 1905 past brothers Frank L. Fenton and John Westward. Fenton.

History [edit]

The original manufacturing plant was in an old drinking glass manufactory in Martins Ferry, Ohio in 1905.^[i] The manufactory at one time was owned by the sometime West Virginia Drinking glass Company.^[ii] At commencement they painted glass blanks from other glass makers, but started making their own glass when they became unable to buy the materials they needed.^[ii] They moved across the Ohio river to Williamstown, W Virginia, and built a factory in 1906. The starting time year for glass production was 1907.^[1] In 1908 John Fenton left the company and founded the Millersburg glass company in Millersburg, OH.^[ane]

Frank Fenton was the designer and decorator. From 1905 to 1920, the designs fabricated there were heavily influenced past two other glass companies: Tiffany and Steuben. Simply the many different colors were the work of Jacob Rosenthal, a famous glass pharmacist who is known for developing chocolate and gold agate glass.^[3] Towards the finish of 1907, the Fenton brothers were the outset to innovate carnival drinking glass, which afterwards became a popular collector'southward particular.^[4]

During the Slap-up Depression and World State of war II, Fenton produced practical items (such as mixing bowls and tableware) due to shortages. At the same time, they continued creating new colors. Towards the end of the Swell Depression they also produced perfume bottles for the Wrisley Visitor in 1938. The bottles were made in French opalescent drinking glass with the hobnail pattern.^[5]

In 1940, Fenton started selling Hobnail items in French Opalescent, Green Opalescent and Cranberry Opalescent. The Hobnail pattern glass would become the top-selling line and allowed the Fenton company to exist during WWII and to expand after the war.

In the late 1940s, the peak three members of Fenton's management died. Frank Fenton and Wilmer C. "Beak" Fenton immediately stepped in and took over the positions of President and Vice President, respectively. Over the next thirty years, they connected to expand Fenton Art Glass, despite a large number of glass factories endmost down.

In 1986, George W. Fenton, Frank's son, took over as President of the visitor.^[six]

Maker marks [edit]

In 1970, the company added their logo to the bottom of their "Original Formula" Carnival Glass pieces to distinguish them from their older Carnival Glass pieces. Past 1974, Fenton was putting their logo on all the pieces they made. Pieces made in the 1980s have the number eight under the alphabetic character "n" in the logo, pieces from the 1990s accept the number nine and pieces made in the 2000s take a 0 in the same place.^[vii] From June 1996 to July 1998 Fenton marked preferred seconds sold in their gift store with a sandblasted solid or hollow star.^[8] In August 1998 an F replaced the star.^[8]

Another type of mark is found on glass baskets. Where the glass handles of the baskets are attached to the base of the basket a stamp is made.^[9] Each handler had a specific pattern to help identify which handler attached the handle.^[9] The marks began in the 1950s and were instituted past Frank M. and Pecker Fenton.^[ix]

Particular codes [edit]

Fenton used a coding system to draw the items information technology produced.^[10] The code used numbers for the pattern and letters for the color.^[x] At that place were likewise letter codes for any decorations.^[11]

Patterns [edit]

Persian Medallion in marigold

Green opalescent Basket Weave plate

Some of the patterns used on items produced by Fenton were:

Name	Years Produced	Description	Reference
Cherry Chain		Distinguished by groups of cherries in a round pattern.	[12]
Coin Dot	1947, 1952–54, 1956–64	A pattern made past using opalescent drinking glass that was a copy the Polka Dot Victorian pattern.	[xiii]
Dragon and Lotus		This pattern is possibly available in more colors than other patterns.	[14]
Hobnail		An fifty-fifty arrangement of bumps similar to that constitute on the bottom parts of hobnail boots.	[15]
Open Border		Also referred to every bit Basket weave. The pattern is on the outside of the bowl, basket, or plate and the edge has two rows of holes around it. 3 rows of holes were likewise made.	[sixteen]
Panther		This is an interior design showing 2 large cats, the outside design is Butterfly and Drupe. All pieces have balled anxiety.	[17]
Persian Medallion		Embroidered medallions in a ring. Used on plates, bowls, and bonbons.	[18]

Colors and combinations [edit]

Fenton made hundreds of different colors of glass over the time they were open.^[19]

Carnival colors ^[20] The color of carnival drinking glass is the colour of the applied treatment not the color of the slice of glass.^[20]

Name	Years Produced	Clarification	Reference
Amberina		A fiery ruby-red blended to yellow.	[20]
Amethyst		A deep to stake purple.	[20]
Blue		Pale to deep blue.	[xx]
Cobalt Blue		A deep shade of blue and the most sought afterwards.	[20]
Independence Bluish	1975-76	A cobalt blueish carnival handling made during the U.Due south.Bicentennial.	[21]
Green		This color ranges from a deep green to a low-cal xanthous light-green.	[twenty]
Marigold		A yellow orange color.	[twenty]
Cherry		A red color that is deep when held to a light.	[twenty]
Rich Marigold		Orangish-red in appearance.	[xx]

Opalescent colors ^[22]

Proper noun	Years Produced	Description	Reference
Amethyst Opalescent			[22]
Blue Opalescent	1959-64, 1978–81	Appears at odd times after 1907 till 1959.	[22] [23]
Cameo Opalescent	1920'southward, 1979–82	Dark-brown to tan in colour.	[23]
Cranberry Opalescent	1956-1989	Mainly made in hobnail and coin dot pattern molds.	[23]
French Opalescent	1956-68, 1980	Also called Crystal. Clear form. Made in hobnail, Coin Dot molds, also Standard mandarin and Empress vases.	[22] [23]
Green Opalescent	1959-61	Can be a jade color to a lime green.	[22] [23]
Plum Opalescent	1959-62	Created past attempting to brand a cranberry opalescent that could be used in pressed molds. A deep purple colour.	[23]
Topaz Opalescent	1940-44, 1959–62, 1980	A yellow uranium glass. Used in Hobnail, Money Dot, Cactus, and Lily of the Valley blueprint molds.	[23]

Crests This colour combination consists of glass of a different color added to the rim of a piece.^[24]

Name	Years Produced	Clarification	Reference
Aqua Crest	1940-42, 48-53	Milk Glass with a bluish border.	[25]
Black Rose	1953-54	Peach Accident with a blackness border.	[25]
Blue Ridge	1939	French Opalescent with a blue edge.	[25]
Crystal Crest	1942	Milk glass with a double row of crystal and white glass.	[25]
Emerald Crest	1949-55	Also chosen Greenish Crest in 1949.	[25]
Aureate Crest	1943-45	Yellow glass on the edge of Milk drinking glass items.	[25]
Ivory Crest	1940-41	Custard drinking glass with a crystal edge.	[25]
Peach Crest	1940-69	A cased glass with milk glass on the outside and ruby on the inside with a crystal edge.	[23]
Silver Crest	1943 onwards	A crystal edge on milk drinking glass.

Marble or slag A type of drinking glass that is opaque and streaked. It is usually a glass pressed in molds rather than being diddled.^[26]

Name	Years Produced	Description	Reference
Blue Marble	1970-73	Blue with swirls of white.	[23]
Chocolate Glass	1907-1910, 1976	Likewise called Carmel slag. Created past drinking glass maker Jacob Rosenthal.	[27]

Overlays Overlays are a blazon of cased drinking glass. Cased glass is fabricated up of unlike colors in layers.^[28]

Name	Years Produced	Description	Reference
Apple Green overlay	1961	A light greenish glass over milk glass.	[23]
Blue overlay	1943-53, 1967, 1971	Bluish glass over milk glass.	[23] [25]
Coral overlay	1961	A peach glass over milk glass.	[23]
Gold overlay	1949	Milk glass with an amber overlay.	[25]
Dark-green overlay	1949-53	Milk drinking glass covered in green glass.	[25]
Ivy	1949-52	Night green over white glass.	[25]
Rose overlay	1943-48	Milk drinking glass cased with calorie-free pink glass.	[25]
Shelly Green overlay	1967	Colonial greenish over milk glass, used merely on lamps.	[23]

Vasa Murrhina is a cased drinking glass, the name means vessel of gems. This type of drinking glass has a long history pre dating Fenton. Frank Thousand. Fenton had glass chemist Charles Goe develop a manner to brand it since the way it was made was long forgotten. The piece starts out as a ball of glass that is rolled in small pieces of broken glass called frit. And then another layer of crystal was gathered over the frit.^[29]

Proper name	Years Produced	Description	Reference
Adventurine Green	1964-68	Blue and green frit over a milk glass base of operations	[29]
Autumn Orange	1965-67	Dark-brown and orange frit over an opal drinking glass base.	[29]
Blue Mist	1965-67	Blue frit over a crystal base.	[29]
Red Mist	1965-67	Red frit over a crystal base.	[29]

Fenton has an extensive line of MILK Glass that also is offered in an assortment of patterns.

Decorations [edit]

Fenton had a long history of decorating glass that goes back to its beginnings in 1905.^[1] The Fenton Art Glass company started out as a decorating company that purchased blanks from glass manufacturers and placed their own decorations on them.^[2] Fenton did not manufacturer glass until 1907 a year afterward the Williamstown, WV plant was built.^[2]

Decorations found on three or more shapes

Proper noun	Years Produced	Description	Glass blazon	Lawmaking	Reference
Apple Flower	1969-70	Painted pink flowers.	Silver crest	AB	[eleven]
Bluebells on Hobnail	1971-72	Painted blue flowers.	Hobnail milk glass	BB	[xi]
Bluebirds	1977-79	Painted bluebirds	Custard glass	BC	[11]
Transfer leaves	1970-72	Transfer decoration of oak leaves	Burmese	BD	[11]
Bluish Dogwood	1980-82	Blue flowers with five petals. A mistake in naming that stuck because Dogwood but has four petals.	Cameo Satin	BL, BQ	[11] [thirty]
Blue Roses	1978-83	The offset item to be painted with the decoration was an egg.	Bluish Satin and Custard glass	BL	[11]
Butterflies	1977-78	Butterflies and xanthous and blue flowers	Milk glass	By	[eleven]
Violets in the snow	1969-84	Tiny violets, also called busy violets.	Argent crest and Milk glass	DV	[11]

Closure [edit]

On August 9, 2007, Fenton Fine art Glass sent out a press release stating they would "stop... operations over the adjacent few months."

Their plans involved laying off 25 employees immediately, and in the following weeks, the rest of their workers would be laid off.^[31] However, on December four, 2007, Fenton Art Glass released a printing statement, maxim that due to an unexpected buying frenzy and internal restructuring, the visitor would stay open up until at least the bound of 2008.^[32] In an open up letter in Baronial 2008, company president George Fenton said that thanks to the buying frenzy, the company had been able to institute some reforms, and wouldn't be closing in the foreseeable future.^[33]

On July half-dozen, 2011, Fenton Art Drinking glass sent out a press release stating they would "wind down production of its collectible and giftware drinking glass products."

According to WTAP TV, "The company cites financial challenges since its restructuring in 2007 and recent developments every bit factors in its determination to shut down its traditional glassmaking business. Fenton Fine art Drinking glass says information technology's exploring the sales of one or more of its product lines."^[34]

Fenton ceased "traditional" glassmaking at the Williamstown, WV factory in July 2011. Nonetheless, the factory remained open as a jewelry making operation, producing handcrafted drinking glass beads and Teardrop earrings. The Fenton Gift Shop, located in the same building, too had a large quantity of drinking glass remaining in their inventory. Visitors to the factory were withal able to watch the beadmaking demonstrations and purchase Fenton Art Drinking glass.

In June 2017, Forest County Schools Superintendent John Flint signed an agreement to buy the land that the quondam Fenton Glass Mill occupied. In Oct 2017, it was announced that demolition of the factory buildings would begin by the finish of 2017, and that the new school, to be named the Williamstown-Waverly Elementary School, will occupy the mill's employee and visitor parking areas. Art drinking glass using the original Fenton mold designs, including the Fenton keepsake, continues to be produced at another mill in nearby Ohio, while handcrafted jewelry and hand painted items will keep to exist offered at the new Fenton Art Drinking glass Souvenir Shop at 2242 Williams Highway, Williamstown, WV 26187.^{[35] [36] [37]}

Continuing the glass bead jewelry tradition [edit]

In 2015, Fenton'due south glass bead jewelry business was purchased past John Barton Company of Philadelphia, PA. Today, the company operates a manufacturing and fulfillment heart in Philadelphia, producing glass beads for the wholesale and retail markets, as well as selling directly to consumers through an online store.

See also [edit]

• Fairy lamp

References [edit]

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2. ^ ^{a b c d} William Heacock (1978). Fenton Glass the first twenty five years. O-Val Advertising. p. 8. ISBN0317038591.
3. ^ PHIL Drupe. "A Dazzling History:Fenton Art Drinking glass". Fenton fine art glass.
4. ^ Pamela Wiggins. "Carnival Glass Still Pop with Collectors". about.com.
5. ^ Michael and Lori Palmer. "The Wrisley Story, The early history of Fenton Hobnail". fentonfan.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-03-28 .
6. ^ "Our History". Retrieved 2007-12-27 .
7. ^ "Maker Marks". The Field Guide To Carnival Glass . Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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9. ^ ^{a b c} "Basket Handler Marks". Fenton Fine art Glass . Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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12. ^ David Doty. "Cherry Chain, Fenton". The Field Guide To Funfair Drinking glass . Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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14. ^ David Doty. "Dragon and Lotus, Fenton". The Field Guide To Carnival Glass . Retrieved 25 Apr 2015.
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17. ^ David Doty. "Panther, Fenton". The Field Guide To Carnival Glass . Retrieved 25 Apr 2015.
18. ^ David Doty. "Western farsi Medallion, Fenton". The Field Guide To Carnival Glass . Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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20. ^ ^{a b c d eastward f chiliad h i j} William Heacock (1978). Fenton Drinking glass the starting time xx five years. O-Val Advertising. p. 24. ISBN0317038591.
21. ^ Measell, William Heacock ; edited past James; Murdock, Frank M. Fenton ; Fenton history written by Eugene C. (1994). Fenton glass : the third twenty-5 years, 1956-1980. Marietta, Ohio: Glass Press. p. 93. ISBN9780915410378.
22. ^ ^{a b c d e} Moran, Marking F. (2007). Warman'due south Fenton glass : identification and price guide (2nd ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. p. 18. ISBN978-0896895713 . Retrieved 29 Apr 2015.
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24. ^ William Heacock; Eugene Antipodal Murdock (1995). Fenton glass the second twenty five years. Marietta, Ohio: Glass Press inc. p. 17. ISBN9780915410293.
25. ^ ^{a b c d e f 1000 h i j k l} William Heacock; Eugene Converse Murdock (1995). Fenton drinking glass the second twenty five years. Marietta, Ohio: Drinking glass Printing inc. pp. 5–6. ISBN9780915410293.
26. ^ "Antiquarian Slag Glass Lamps". Collectors Weekly . Retrieved xi Baronial 2015.
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28. ^ "Cased Glass". merriam-webster.com . Retrieved 19 June 2015.
29. ^ ^{a b c d e} Measell, William Heacock ; edited by James; Murdock, Frank M. Fenton ; Fenton history written by Eugene C. (1994). Fenton drinking glass : the third 20-five years, 1956-1980. Marietta, Ohio: Drinking glass Press. pp. 23, 76. ISBN9780915410378.
30. ^ Measell, William Heacock ; edited by James; Murdock, Frank G. Fenton ; Fenton history written by Eugene C. (1994). Fenton glass : the third twenty-5 years, 1956-1980. Marietta, Ohio: Glass Press. p. 46. ISBN9780915410378.
31. ^ "Fenton Art Glass Says Information technology's Closing". Retrieved 2007-12-27 .
32. ^ "Fenton Art Drinking glass Plans To Keep Glass Product". Retrieved 2007-12-27 .
33. ^ "An open alphabetic character to friends of Fenton Fine art Drinking glass" (PDF) . Retrieved 2008-eleven-fifteen .
34. ^ "Fenton to "Cease Traditional Glass Production"". Retrieved 6 July 2011.
35. ^ "Official Fenton Art Glass Website: About Fenton Art Drinking glass". Retrieved 2018-02-11 .
36. ^ "Wood Canton Board of Education signs paperwork to buy Fenton site". Retrieved 2018-02-11 .
37. ^ "Fenton demolition to begin this calendar month". Retrieved 2018-02-11 .

External links [edit]

• Fenton Glass Jewelry - Handmade Chaplet & Charms for Bracelets and Jewelry
• Fenton Art Glass Company'south website
• The Fenton Art Glass Collectors of America
• The National Fenton Glass Society
• The Pacific Northwest Fenton Association
• Fenton Fanatics Website
• Fenton Art Glass History
• Fenton Fine art Drinking glass Company - Bones Summary

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