Topic: pressed glass top hat

[TxSilver]

You have something to be proud of, Paul. You have a real Fenton. In my googling yesterday, I found a lot of hats that were probably not Fenton -- at least not of this design. It seems that many of the hats made by other American glass companies are dubbed Fenton.

[Paul S.]

for you Anita - I will keep it.          Actually, I have some beautiful Fenton Carnival Glass, so it wasn't the factory or that it was U.S.A., just that I have glass coming out of my ears, and I try not to enter any new areas as space is not just at a premium, but non-existant.    The reason I bought it (less than a quid at a yard sale), was that as I have already menioned, I thought it was one of the English pressed glass outputs.         cheers             Paul.

[jsmeasell]

Well, we've made a lot of hats over the years, both pressed and blown (we have moulds for 4 or 5 different sizes of blown hats). I think our pressed Daisy and Button top hat was inspired by a similar product from the New Martinsville Glass Co., although there are also similar hats from back in the 1880s.