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Basket Handler Marks

Attaching basket handles requires a great deal of skill. There's less than 30 seconds to attach and shape a handle before the glass cools down and is no longer workable.

In the 1950s, company President Frank M. Fenton and his brother Bill Fenton, Vice-President, decided that each Fenton basket handler should have a distinctive mark so collectors could identify the artisan who created their basket.

These marks are impressed at the base of each side of the basket handle. We currently have five skilled basket handlers at Fenton. Featured below are our handler's marks, accompanied by their employment dates. For more information on creating Fenton handles, click here.

To read about Fenton's first basket handler, Frank O. Myers, click here.

To see the production steps involved in making our 6" 2010 Spring Family Signing Event Exclusive Rosalene Basket, click here to download the basket production PDF.

 

Handler's Marks from 1907-Current:

Apprentice Mark

 

Apprentice Mark

Jon Anderson Basket Mark

 

Jon Anderson
1992 - 2011

Don Badgley Basket Mark

 

Donald Badgley
1956 - 1978

 
Ron Bayles Basket Mark

Ron Bayles
1956 - 1997

Fred Bruce Basket Mark

Fred Bruce
1953 - 1990

Bob Buchanan Basket Mark

Bob Buchanan
1990 - 2004

 
Rob Camden Basket Mark

Rob Camden
1998 - 2003

D. Austin Dallison Basket Mark

D. Austin Dallison
1933 - 1982

Terry Deuley Basket Mark

Terry Deuley
1989 - 1999

 
Floyd Duff Basket Mark

Floyd Duff
1962 - 1978

Ronald Farley Basket Mark

Ronald Farley
1993 - 2004

Edwin J. Garber Basket Mark

Edwin J. Garber
1957 - 1968

 
Brian Green Basket Mark

Brian Green
1986 - 2011

Tom Ingram Basket Mark

Tom Ingram
1996 - 2011

LLoyd Lauderman Basket Mark

Lloyd Lauderman
1953 - 1993

 
Frank O. Myers Basket Mark

Frank O. Myers
1932 - 1962

Andy Newland Basket Mark

Andy Newland
1986 - 2007

Robert Oliver Sr. Basket Mark

Robert Oliver, Sr.
1957 - 1995

 
Greg Parsons Basket Mark

Greg Parsons
2000 - 2001

Bob Patterson Basket Mark

Bob Patterson
1973 - 1996

J.R. Phillips Basket Mark

J.R. Phillips
1986 - 1995

 
Jim Ralston Basket Mark

Jim Ralston
1992 - 2005

Peter K. Raymond Basket Mark

Peter K. Raymond
1907-1913 & 1921-1964

Matt Stanley Basket Mark

Matt Stanley
2000 - 2001

 
Delmer Stowasser Basket Mark

Delmer Stowasser
1965 - 1990

Junior Thompson Basket Mark

Junior Thompson
1957-1977 & 1990-93

Dave Vincent Basket Mark

Dave Vincent
1964 - 2005

 
Frank Workman Basket Mark

Frank Workman
1996 - 2011

Butch Wright Basket Mark

Butch Wright
1973 - 2011

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