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Pieces made in the 1980s have the number eight under the letter "n" in the logo, pieces from the 1990s have the number nine and pieces made in the 2000s have a 0 in the same place. [7] From June 1996 to July 1998 Fenton marked preferred seconds sold in their gift shop with a sandblasted solid or hollow star. [8] In August 1998 an F replaced the ...
In the 1980s, Fenton Glass Company began producing a product it called “Blue Burmese”, [3] based on a formula developed in 1886 by chemist Frederick Shirley of the Mt. Washington Glass Company. [4] Shirley's formula substituted cobalt [5] and/or copper oxide [6] for uranium oxide, so the pale yellow of the original Burmese pieces was now a ...
[citation needed] Domestic glassmakers L.E. Smith, Fenton, and more recently Mosser Glass have contributed to the Martha Stewart lines with heritage molded pieces in jadeite glass. [ citation needed ] The molds for these pieces were both original and reproduction patterns of glassware made by their own companies, as well as molds previously ...
Pontil scar on the base of a free-blown glass bowl. A pontil mark or punt mark is the scar where the pontil, punty or punt was broken from a work of blown glass.The presence of such a scar indicates that a glass bottle or bowl was blown freehand, while the absence of a punt mark suggests either that the mark has been obliterated or that the work was mold-blown.
‘The Murder Sheet’ podcasters – journalist Áine Cain and attorney Kevin Greenlee – speak to Rachel Sharp about the ‘catastrophic’ leak
Depression ware Pink sunflower patterned depression cake plate Green patterned Depression glass pieces. Depression glass is glassware made in the period 1929–1939, often clear or colored translucent machine-made glassware that was distributed free, or at low cost, in the United States and Canada around the time of the Great Depression.
Gregory was born in Providence, Rhode Island to John Gregory and Hannah A. Gregory. [1] Her mother was a school teacher in Sandwich, Massachusetts and Mary worked as a teacher as well from 1876 to 1879, but soon abandoned teaching to work for the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company as a glass decorator, beginning in January 1880.
The Fenton Vase is the name of a famous ancient Maya vase or cup that was excavated from the archeological site of Nebaj in the western Guatemala highlands. It is known for its intricate painting and historical record of the Maya elite. The vase was acquired by the British Museum in 1930, which named it after a donor. [1]