5269 Fenton CELESTE BLUE #643 Stretch Glass Lidded Bonbon circa 1920s

Description

FENTON ART GLASS COMPANY
1905 – 2011
ANTIQUE or VINTAGE STRETCH GLASS
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Celeste Blue #643 Stretch Glass Lidded Bonbon circa 1920s, in excellent undamaged vintage condition.
Measures roughly 5¼” wide x 6½” tall.
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Frank and John Fenton
(John later founded Millersburg Glass Co.) introduced America to inexpensive iridized glassware in 1907. Their innovative process involved spraying hot glass with proprietary solutions of metallic salts to produce a microscopically-thin layer of metal which bonded to the glass on a molecular level.  Different salts and multiple sprayings influenced the color and intensity of the iridescence which makes Carnival Glass so beautiful and collectible.
Stretch Glass
is pressed glass that, like Carnival Glass, was iridized by spraying it while still hot with a solution of dissolved metallic salt(s). It was then re-heated (which Carnival was not). During the re-heating, the sprayed-on iridized metallic surface and the underlying glass expanded at different rates causing striations in the metallic skin which look like stretch marks – thus the name. Most Stretch Glass objects have no embossed or intaglio pattern.
Excellent Antique / Vintage Condition
means that a
listed
item has no decernable post-production damage but may have one or more of the following issues related to the production methods and conditions in the early 1900s:  air bubbles not squeezed out by hand-pressing; inclusions of ash or debris  from dirty conditions;
strands of undissolved colorant; lines called
straw marks where molten glass was snipped with cool metal shears from the gathering rod, hardened immediately and mixed into the glass like dried paint; marks from shaping tools used to form the edge; mould issues such as incomplete or malformed edges,
rough seams, extra glass at seams, webbed, incomplete or pulled edge points; cooling issues such as
uneven legs or a bowed base causing rocking; heat checks which are internal separations from uneven cooling or burst air bubbles, etc. While these issues may be undesirable, they do not qualify as “damage”.
Combined Shipping
is offered for both domestic and international shipment of multiple purchases. All items are bubble wrapped and cushioned with peanuts; no tape is used on the bubble wrap. Cartons are
labeled GLASS or FRAGILE, and
shipped in one business day; if I’m away then ASAP upon return.
All shipments are insured. International shipments will travel via USPS Priority Mail International for insurance and tracking purposes. The declared customs value will be the combined purchase price plus the actual shipping charge; no exceptions.
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