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 Fenton
Art Glass Presents. . .
Labor Day
Specials!
Each
morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close;
Something attempted, something done; Has earned a night’s repose.
─
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is
nothing without work.
─
Émile Zola
We salute and wish a Happy Labor Day to all!
Below are a few images of
Fenton Art Glass employees whose
creativity, talent, hard work and skills helped create
Fenton Art Glass.
Click here to learn more about the history of Fenton Art
Glass.
Left to right: Fenton Art
Glass Decorating Room (early 1900s); Louise Piper (1970s);
and J. K. "Robin" Spindler (recent). Designers Robin Spindler, Kim
Barley and Michelle Kibbe continue to create beautiful
designs at Fenton Gift Shop's
new location in Boaz. These designs include
Fenton Gift Shop Limited Edition offerings and
one-of-a-kind selections for our weekly Fenton Art Glass
eBay auctions.
Here's some photos
of a few of the
skilled glassworkers
(handlers and finishers) who have worked
at
Fenton Art Glass.
Left to right:
Delmer Stowasser,
Butch
Wright and
Brian Greene.
Last
Glassmaking
Press
Shop at
Fenton Art Glass factory in Williamstown, WV.
Fall 2011.
Left to right:
Al Uppole,
Charlie Porter,
Keith Science,
Sonny
Burdette,
and Chris Uppole.
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 NEW
Limited Editions
from Fenton Gift Shop. . .
We are pleased to offer new
Limited Edition selections for pre-orders. Each piece features
a hand painted design and will be signed, numbered and dated by one
of our talented designers. These Limited Edition pieces were
handcrafted in Opal Satin and Cobalt Satin glass exclusively for the Fenton Gift Shop by Mosser
Glass, using a Fenton mould.
Visit us at our NEW location at 2242 Williams
Highway, Williamstown, WV 26187. Even though our mailing
address is Williamstown, our store is located in a small strip
mall on Route 14 in Boaz - just 5 minutes from Williamstown.
Look for our Fenton sign (see photo)! We have a nice selection
of handcrafted Fenton Art Glass, vintage and new, as well as
jewelry. . . perfect gifts or treat yourself!
Below: Robin Spindler has transformed
our popular 8" Chessie
Cat Covered Box into a pumpkin patch complete with golden
yellow blooms on the lid! She titled this Limited Edition set "Hide 'n Seek" with a brown tabby on the front and another
tabby cat
hiding in the pumpkin patch on the back. Each Hide 'n
Seek Chessie Cat Covered Box is $160
Robin created a matching brown Tabby Cat design
on the 4.5" Scaredy Cat Figurine. Place the figurine next to
the design on the Chessie Box and you have a "Hide 'n Seek"
theme! Front and back views of each Limited Edition are shown
in the photo. The colorful and meticulous hand painted details
are sure to make these two pieces family favorites! Each
Brown Tabby Cat Figurine is $80.
 Michelle
Kibbe continues the "professions" design theme
(begun by Kim Barley) on our popular 3"
Mouse figurine with a "Painter" design. Splashes of red, blue
and yellow adorn the ears and clothes. A colorful beanie cap
adorns the head on this mouse. Note the yellow paint dripping
from a paintbrush. As always, the face is wonderfully
expressive! Each Painter Mouse Figurine is $80.
Pre-orders for the Hide 'n Seek Chessie Cat Covered Box,
Brown Tabby Cat and Painter Mouse
Figurines will be accepted until midnight
(ET) on Monday, September 4, 2017.
To place your pre-order for any of these
limited editions, please call the Fenton Gift Shop:
1-800-319-7793, ext. 342 or send us an email:
purchasing@fentongiftshop.com and include the
names of the items you want to purchase in the subject line.
You may also request that we add your name to our mailing list
to receive news about future Limited Edition offerings.
Satin finished Cobalt glass provides the perfect canvas
for Michelle Kibbe's "Snow People" design on this 11" Alley
Cat figurine. The hand painted scene encircles the base of the
cat. Snow people in colorful winter attire smile at the
falling snow. Michelle's whimsical hand painted details on
these smiling carrot-nosed snow people is sure to bring a
smile to the young and young-at-heart! Each Snow People
Alley Cat Figurine is $230.
Michelle Kibbe's hand painted "Pumpkin Kitty"
design on our 3.25" Sitting Cat figurine will make a purr-fect
addition to any Halloween display. It is also a perfect
gift for figurine collectors or cat enthusiasts. Michelle created the cat's "white"
paws so they appear to be resting on the edge of the smiling pumpkin.
She
added lush green pumpkin vines
as accents. Each Pumpkin Kitty Cat Figurine is $75.
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Kim Barley's talent for whimsical design
shines on this 5.75" Opal Satin Ghost figurine! You'll
delight in the fun hand painted details... from a black
"vampire" cat with a "Book of Spells" nearby, a grinning
pumpkin with star-shaped eyes and witch's hat... to the
"Bat Wing" and "Lock of Hair" ingredients for the next
batch of brew! Note the broomstick and black cat
with the hour glass on the back of this figurine.
As always, Kim added a toothy grin to the
face
of this friendly ghost.
Kim hand painted "Come
Sit A Spell" across a delicate spider web. |
This figurine is sure to become a favorite Halloween
decoration! Each Come Sit A Spell Ghost
Figurine is $115.
Pre-orders for the Snow People Alley Cat, Pumpkin Kitty
Cat Figurine and Come Sit A Spell Ghost Figurine will be accepted until midnight
(ET) on Wednesday, September 6, 2017.
To place your pre-order for any of these
limited editions, please call the Fenton Gift Shop:
1-800-319-7793, ext. 342 or send us an email:
purchasing@fentongiftshop.com and include the
names of all
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Fenton Art Glass Mould Information.
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 As
mentioned in previous newsletters, the Fenton Gift Shop
has offered about 10,000 moulds for sale. The link below will take you to an Excel
spreadsheet that lists all of the moulds in numerical
order from the Fenton record system. The spreadsheet lists
the moulds in numerical order (column A) as recorded in
the Fenton system. Information in other columns will help
you. Columns D and K provide brief descriptions of each
mould. When known, the previous owner of a mould is listed
in column Q. Fenton historian James Measell traced the
histories of many moulds, and his comments are in columns
S and T. The current status of any moulds sold (or
promised) to a particular purchaser is noted in column U.
The prices for moulds are in column M. This Excel file is
"searchable" so
you can use your search terms to try to
find particular moulds.
Link for Mould listing:
https://spaces.hightail.com/space/OUw8ImK2Kc
The
links below will take you to files with the Fenton mould
pictures including crimps and optic moulds.
These color photos of the moulds are in the same numerical
order as column A in the Excel spreadsheet. View these
photos on your computer and keep the Excel spreadsheet at
hand simultaneously. Please note: the Excel spreadsheet
will be updated from time to time as moulds are sold or
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Fenton Art Glass
eBay Auctions. . .
Here's an opportunity
to own a beautiful
"one-of-a-kind" art
glass creation or an item from Fenton's history through our weekly
eBay auctions. This auction ends at noon (ET) on
Wednesday, September 6.
Items featured this week. . .
Fenton artist Michelle Kibbe designed and hand
painted this splendid one of-a-kind basket (10.5" tall). Made
of Ivory Satin glass, this basket has a fine rib twisted
handle and a distinctive crimp style that is called "lily
crimp" by Fenton's skilled glassworkers. Michelle's lush hand
painted floral is a delight to the eye with its depictions of
flowers in many different colors and meticulous details. Her
innovative "sponge" decorative technique on the interior and
the foot of the basket makes for a dramatic contrast.
The Ring-Neck Pheasant is a distinctive bird, and Fenton
artist Michelle Kibbe designed and hand painted this wonderful
one-of-a-kind depiction of a pair of pheasants on a cased
glass vase ─ shiny Milk Glass interior with Robin’s Egg Blue
outside (9.5" tall). For more than half a century, overlay
colors were produced by Fenton. Typically, a core of Milk
Glass is gathered and shaped by a skilled glassworker called a
Blocker. Then, a layer of colored glass is gathered over the
Milk Glass. Fenton's glass technologists assured that the two
layers of glass matched perfectly, expanding and contracting
at the same rate. The background tones in blue are a perfect
contrast to the plumage of the pheasant pair, and the details
of the fencepost make us think of so many places in America
when pheasants can be found.
Here's a rare chance to acquire an original Fenton Art Glass
Co. catalog from years past. This 30-page catalog was issued
in 1950, so you'll see lots of pieces of Hobnail, Coin Dot or
Silver Crest as well as the new "Ivy" line and items in the
short-lived Priscilla line that debuted in mid-1950. The
Diamond Lace line (designed by the late Frank L. Fenton, who
passed away in 1948) is also featured. Items pictured are
captioned with line numbers because this catalog was done
before four-digit ware numbers and two-character color codes
were instituted. Don't miss this chance to acquire a vintage,
original Fenton catalog. This auction ends at noon (ET) on
Wednesday, September 6.
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