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This type of glass has a long history pre-dating Fenton. Frank M. Fenton had glass chemist Charles Goe develop a way to make it since the way it was made was long forgotten. The piece starts out as a ball of glass that is rolled in small pieces of broken glass called frit. Then another layer of crystal was gathered over the frit. [29]
Jadeite glass experienced a resurgence of popularity in the late 20th century, initially in the 1970s through the “heritage” revival of U.S. glassmakers like Fenton and Westmoreland Glass. [ citation needed ] Westmoreland produced new glassware made in historical and current molds to cater to the color trends at the time.
Burmese handled vase by the Mount Washington Glass Company, c. 1890. Burmese glass is a type of opaque colored art glass, shading from yellow, blue or green to pink. [1] It is found in either the rare original "shiny" finish or the more common "satin" finish. It is used for table glass and small, ornamental vases and dressing table articles.
Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before melting for colouration. The proportion usually varies from trace levels to about 2% uranium by weight, although some 20th-century pieces were made with up to 25% uranium.
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.
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