posted on April 1, 2001 03:45:32 PM
can anyone identify this pitcher? I believe it is fenton but there are no marks. it is definitely hand blown from the pontil on the bottom, it has not been ground off. the pitcher stands 9 1/2" tall and 5" across the opening from back to front of lip. any help is appreciated. what is the layered glass effect called?
posted on April 1, 2001 08:23:13 PM
rarriffle, if it has a pontil it's definitely not Fenton. I don't know who else to suggest, but maybe someone will recognize it.
posted on April 1, 2001 11:32:12 PM
The "layered glass effect" term you are looking for is cased glass. This looks like a piece of handblown, cased glass with quilted design and applied handle. As for who made it -? Fenton did make some handmade glass in the early twenties, I believe, by I'm not sure the bodies were actually blown -merely worked, i.e. designs applied by hand. It's a gorgeous piece. I would suggest you refrain from lifting or carrying it by the handle. They can be fragile. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
posted on April 2, 2001 03:15:48 AM
thank you both for your comments. yes, I think it is very pretty. there is a pronounced pontil on the bottom and i cannot find a seam in the white under layer. it has been damage, the whole handle and a piece of the top have been broken off and repaired. it is just so pretty, and i got such a good price that i couldn't pass it up.
i have look through 4 different sites trying to find something like it, including ebay and justglass. i couldn't remember the cased glass part though.
posted on April 2, 2001 05:26:34 AM
Quilted satin glass. However, judging by the handle and shaping of top, this is most likely a reproduction of this Victorian glass.
posted on April 2, 2001 09:00:10 AM
Quilt Satin glass, was produced predominently by but limited to MtWashington Glass, in the late 1800.... As Damariscotta, this might be a reproduction. If it feels quite heavy, it is a repro. Satin glass, even tho cased, was fairly light in weight. Also, the colours are wrong: the majosity of Quilted glass was in soft pastel colours.
posted on April 2, 2001 10:11:34 AM
There were loads of reproduction ware of this type in the 1970s - our local furniture store carried them in different colors, and we kept looking at them because my mother wanted one.
The quality of the body glass was quite good, however, the giveaway was the handle - they were thin, not gracefully shaped, and not attached as nicely as the originals. Also, the ruffle tops were not well formed.
posted on April 2, 2001 03:33:03 PM
this is very light weight, it looks as though it would be heavy but when you pick it up you are surprised. the handle is very graceful. the pontil on the bottom was never ground or polished, it looks as though the glass was broken off and that was the end.
