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Crack or Flaw in basket - ID = Davidson

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Ambergreen:
I would appreciate someone's expert opinion on this glass basket (possibly Fenton).  The arms of the basket appear like twigs and there seems to be two cracks across one of the arms.  However, the cracks don't show right through the glass so I was wondering if they may be a flaw from when the piece was made?

http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5155
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5156

Would appreciate your thoughts on this.

David E:
Could be a manufacturing flaw, like a 'straw mark' or when the glass cooled, but it might depend on how strict Fenton were on quality control.

Glen:
Fenton are very strict on Quality Control today, and have been for many decades.

It looks like the cracks have taken place when the handle has been bent round (I think that is not unusual). The outer / upper edge has been stretched over a greater surface area and thus has opened up these little cracks. I have some similar little crevices on the handle of an old Dugan basket.

Connie:
From what I can see of the basket, it doesn't look like Fenton to me.

Could you show a picture of the whole basket.

I agree with what Glen said and for some reason these small cracks appear more frequently on milk glass.  I think milk glass tends to have less viscosity? edited to add elasticity (is the word I meant) when hot, I know it is very brittle when cool.

Cathy B:
One way of telling the difference between a manufacturing flaw (either one of those little manufacturing cracks Glen describes, or a straw mark) is to look for evidence that it had happened while the glass was hot. This might include where the edges of the crack itself were deformed at all,  crack was opened forming a valley. If the edges of the split are rounded (feel with a fingernail), then it's a straw mark. (Is that correct, everyone?)

Speaking of flaws, I have two pieces with what seem to at first sight to be cracks, which when viewed under magnification  actually seem to be streaks of elongated bubbles and frit. Is this possible, or is it wishful thinking?  ;)

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