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FENTON GIFT SHOP
SPECIAL OFFERINGS
Z5228HPY
7'' Lavender Satin
Whisper of Spring Doll
$61.00,
Buy Now!
Our 7" Gift Shop
Exclusive Lavender Satin Bridesmaid Doll is titled Whisper of
Spring. This charming young lady has her dress adorned with
pretty crocuses. This figurine will make a
lovely addition
to your doll collection.
Z9499IP
4-3/4'' Plum Opal Iridized Logo
$41.75,
Buy Now!
Produced as a Fenton
Gift Shop Exclusive, our Plum Opalescent Iridized Fenton Logo is a
perfect addition to any collection.
Z5057HPLY
4'' Hyacinth Foal
$38.50,
Buy Now!
Our Hyacinth Foal, a Fenton Gift Shop Exclusive, may not be ready
to race just yet. . . but we've gracefully detailed him to
be sure he's still a winner! This figurine is handpainted and
signed by the artist who completed it.
Z5065HPD
5'' Hyacinth Stylized Cat
$39.75,
Buy Now!
Perfect for gift
giving or
as an addition to an established collection!
Our new Gift Shop Exclusive Hyacinth Stylized Cat has a lovely
handpainted floral design. Proudly handcrafted by the artisans at
Fenton.
NEW. . . from
Fenton International
GS93012
5'' l. Blue Treasure Box
from Fenton International
$16.50,
Buy Now!
The Fenton Gift Shop
has beautiful new Gift Boxed Treasure Boxes for storing your
keepsakes! Our
Treasure Box collection from Fenton International includes six
glass
boxes in colors of Blue, Purple and Green. These boxes are
available either decorated or unadorned. Each Treasure Box is
packed in an attractive and sturdy Treasure Box gift box.
This Treasure Box was designed by Fenton sculptor Jon Saffell (now
retired).
The handpainted designs
are by Fenton designer
Stacy Williams.
Fenton International features artistic handcrafted gifts
from around the world.
To view more unique
glass items from Fenton
International,
click here.
Fenton eBay Auctions
Own a unique Fenton creation,
including one-of-a-kind pieces, through our weekly eBay Auctions!
Items featured this week...
Fenton Annual
Tent
Sale
July 9 ~ August 8,
2010
Watch this newsletter
for details!
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Fenton USA Presents. . .
Fluttering Floral on Lavender
Our new Lavender
color for 2010 features a Fluttering
Floral on Lavender motif by Fenton designer Michelle Kibbe. You
can
see why we called
the floral design Fluttering, as
the handpainted flower petals resemble delicate butterfly wings
fluttering
in the breeze!
Lavender contains neodymium, so your
pieces will be different colors under various lighting conditions.
This characteristic
is called dichroic, and it makes this special color a
great conversation topic!
Violet
glass shines like a jewel and remains a home decor staple. This warm
color emits high energy when displayed in natural light or warm
synthetic light. Compared to the other colors we produce, Violet
tends to cool more quickly, and our skilled glassworkers adjust to
this characteristic by changing their pace
as needed during
production.
Coordinate Violet with our new Lavender pieces and your display
will be simply stunning!
This new 2010 grouping from Fenton
USA includes the items shown:
a 6-1/2'' Vase, a 4'' Notched Rib Candy Box, a 4'' Horse
figurine, and
our 5" Lucere Comport. Click on each
image for details or, to
view more new items from Fenton USA,
click here. To locate a Fenton dealer
near you,
click here.
The Fenton Logo in our Glass . . . A Bit of History
Moulds are important assets in any
glass factory, and especially at Fenton,
where we make glass the
old
fashioned way―by hand―using tools and techniques
essentially unchanged from those of centuries ago. Our storage
areas contain more than 11,000 cast iron moulds, most of which
were made by skilled mouldmakers
in our own mould shop since we
started glass production in January 1907.
Over the years, Fenton has acquired
a number of historic moulds that originated
at other glass companies. In the 1930s, we obtained a few moulds
from the Diamond Glass-Ware Co. of Indiana, Pa., after that plant
had been destroyed b y
fire.
In the 1950s, we bought moulds from the Paden City Glass
Manufacturing Co., and a mould for a bird figurine became our popular 5197 Happiness Bird. In the
1960s, we purchased
quite a few moulds from two firms that ceased
business―
Verlys of America and the United States Glass Co.
Many
Verlys moulds have been used in the Fenton line.
Our popular
5177 Alley Cat debuted in the
1920s at U. S. Glass, where it was called Sassy Susie. When
we began to mark
Fenton-made glass with the oval Fenton logo in
the 1970s,
the now-familiar oval logo was put into Fenton
moulds
as well as those
that had originated elsewhere.
In the 1980s, we acquired moulds
from
the former McKee Glass Co. and during the liquidation of the
Imperial Glass Corp., so we decided to denote glass made with these moulds with a distinctive, but different logo: a script F
within a vertical oval. Some years later, when moulds were acquired from The Beaumont Company, the L. G. Wright Glass Co.,
and some other sources, this same practice was followed. A small
“8” designates glass
made in the 1980s, and a small “9” designates the 1990s. From 2000
through 2009, we used a small “0”. We began to use a small “1” in
2010, and this
will continue through 2019. We take great pride in being able to
revive historic glass patterns and items from the past that originated at
great glass factories no longer
with us.
Within the past few years, we've added “USA” close to the
logo on all of our
moulds, both those originating at Fenton and
those from other American glass companies. The “USA” characters
appear only on glass made at the historic
Fenton factory in
Williamstown, West Virginia.
 Fenton
USA on QVC, Sunday,
July
4th
Fenton Art Glass will be featured on
QVC on Sunday, July 4.
Show times are: 7-8 a.m. and 4-6
p.m. (Eastern Time). Guest host will be George Fenton.
Glass handcrafted in Williamstown, WV will be featured,
including this beautiful Burmese vase with a handpainted scene of
an historic home. Can you guess whose house it is?? Watch this newsletter for
a preview of items to be offered!
To learn more about QVC and Fenton
USA, click
here. For an excellent reference book on Fenton and QVC,
click here. To view other Fenton Art Glass items currently available
from QVC,
click here.
 Fenton
Family Signing Event on June 18
Meet Scott Fenton at a Fenton Family Signing Event
at Tamarack
in West Virginia on June 18th.
During this event, Scott will personally sign your 2010 Fenton Family Signing Event
Exclusive Basket and all Fenton purchases.
The event exclusive, a 6'' American pattern Rosalene Basket,
(shown at left) will be available
for sale only
at these events.
Click here
to see how this basket is handcrafted in our factory in Williamstown, WV.
June 18:
Meet
Scott Fenton
at Tamarack, 500 Van
Kirk Dr., I-77, Exit 45, Beckley, WV on Friday, June 18th from
Noon-2:00 ET. For details: Tamarack at
800-498-6233.
Fenton USA Internet Exclusives!
This grouping consists of limited
quantity (usually fewer than a dozen) pieces offered
at either a special price or with free
shipping
. . . while supplies last!
Our jewel-toned Violet Stretch Bowl
makes a stunning centerpiece when filled with fresh flowers! There are just
five
left! The 6-1/2'' Tri-Crimp Vase in Fern Green features a Frances Burton handpainted design and
there's four left!
Click on each image for
details or
click
here to see all available Internet Exclusives from
Fenton USA!
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U9550HP1
7-1/2'' Hyacinth Fan Vase
$43.00 - Preferred Second |
Click on each image
for this week's Special Offers
from the Fenton Gift Shop! |
U5238HP2
4'' French Opal Bird on a Log
$25.00 - Preferred Second |
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