Antique Milk Glass

Fenton Glass is one of the most popular, if not the most popular make of carnival and milk glass. Collectors avidly seek it in antique shops and in on-line auctions. Among the favorite forms of many glass collectors are the hens on nests. Fenton produced a glass chickens in a rainbow of colors.

Fenton Aquamarine Green Rooster / Chicken US $6.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Nov-25-2008 16:45:23 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Fenton Iridized Opalescent Pearl Pink Rooster / Chicken US $6.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Nov-25-2008 16:55:55 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Fenton Frosted Pink Milk Glass Chicken Covered Dish US $0.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Nov-25-2008 19:14:00 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Fenton Art Glass Hen on Nest Chicken Deviled Egg Plate US $279.97 End Date: Tuesday Dec-02-2008 20:40:43 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

FENTON ANIMAL FONT CHICKEN, DUCK BUNNY RABBIT SPOKE US $149.95 End Date: Sunday Dec-14-2008 13:34:55 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

One of the more distinctive and unusual forms of milk glass is the “hobnail” form developed by the Fenton Glass company in the early 20th century. Hobnail is a type of molded glass that consists of a raised, regular pattern of dots that look like the nails sometines used in the soles of boots. You can see several excellent versions below.

Fenton Blue Glass Hand painted Signed Pitcher Hobnail US $26.00 (3 Bids) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 12:07:50 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

FENTON VINTAGE CRANBERRY OPALESCENT HOBNAIL JUG 80 oz. US $310.00 End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 12:24:04 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

1940s FENTON OPALESCENT Hobnail COLOGNE POWDER Vanity US $95.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 12:36:46 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

WOW Fenton CRANBERRY Opal Hobnail VANITY COLOGNE EXCL US $31.99 (7 Bids) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 14:16:51 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

WOW Fenton FRENCH Opalescent Hobnail VANITY COLOGNE nr US $27.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 14:26:24 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Thompson Museum definitions

One of the biggest and most important producers of carnival glass was Fenton Glass. Founded in 1905, by the bothers Frank L. and John W. Fenton, in Williamstown, West Virginia, the company quickly grew to prominence by producing an type of inexpensive glass ware known as “iridescent ware” or “Iridill”. Mass produced by pressing and coating the hot glass with an iridescent substance, a process known as “doping”, the finished product was widely purchased in the inter-war years. Although by the late 1930s, the popularity of carnival glass had waned.

In the mid-1950s, there was a revival of interest in both the older pieces, and in newer reproductions, and carnival glass enjoyed a vogue among collectors who sought the best pieces. Now a days, exceptionally rare or fine pieces can fetch as much as $15,000 at auction.

BUTTERFLY & BERRY by FENTON~GOLDEN Carnival Glass SAUCE US $13.50 (3 Bids) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 12:06:55 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

BUTTERFLY & BERRY by FENTON~GOLDEN Carnival Glass SAUCE US $13.50 (3 Bids) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 12:11:28 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

BUTTERFLY & BERRY by FENTON~GOLDEN Carnival Glass SAUCE US $11.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 12:15:42 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

BEADED STARS by FENTON~GOLDEN Carnival Glass Rosebowl US $9.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 12:22:21 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Fenton Carnival Milk White Glass/Mug W- Pub Scene Label US $5.72 (2 Bids) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 13:36:37 PST Bid now | Add to watch list