No-one likes general adverts, and ours hadn't been updated for ages, so we're having a clear-out and a change round to make the new ones useful to you. These new adverts bring in a small amount to help pay for the board and keep it free for you to use, so please do use them whenever you can, Let our links help you find great books on glass or a new piece for your collection. Thank you for supporting the Board.

Author Topic: Anyone recognize this unusual milk glass lace edge. - ID = Fenton Scroll and Eye  (Read 5609 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline jsmeasell

  • Author
  • Members
  • ***
  • Posts: 247
Re: Anyone recognize this unusual milk glass lace edge.
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2010, 03:21:58 PM »
We made this as a plate (shape as it comes from the mould) and as a bowl (warmed-in and turned up a bit all the way around). These are shown in our 1955 catalog and were available in a few opaque colors, including Milk Glass. There are also some attached to a foot to make a comport (or tazza, as some like to call it). We were doing these sorts of things with several different plates in the mid-1950s.
James Measell, Historian
Fenton Art Glass Co.

Offline jsmeasell

  • Author
  • Members
  • ***
  • Posts: 247
Added information: the inspiration for this Fenton design is the "Scroll & Eye" plate made by Challinor Taylor in the 1880s-1890s. An original ad for C-T's "No. 100 10 in. plate" appears on p. 95 of Robert Lucas' excellent book on Tarentum PA glass. The Fenton plate is smaller, of course, and the design of the outermost edge is a little bit different, I think, probably in anticipation of how the piece would produce as pressed ware.
James Measell, Historian
Fenton Art Glass Co.

 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk
Visit the Glass Encyclopedia
link to glass encyclopedia
Visit the Online Glass Museum
link to glass museum


This website is provided by Angela Bowey, PO Box 113, Paihia 0247, New Zealand