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Fenton welcomes English collectors

Wednesday, October 5, 2005

The Marietta Times, Marietta, OH

On Monday, Fenton Art Glass will welcome about two dozen visitors from England.

The group of avid glass collectors — which includes author Charles Hajdamach and glassmaker Richard Golding, who operates the Okra Glass studio in Stourbridge, England — will be in the United States. for more than a week, touring glass-related sites in Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Corning, N.Y.

“The group will tour our plant in the morning,” said Fenton Associate Historian James Measell, “and I’ve arranged for them to meet with our sculptor, one of our mouldmakers, and our glass chemist. The group is really anxious to visit Fenton because there is nothing like our glass factory tour available in England.”

After spending most of the day at Fenton, the group will go to Campus Martius Museum in Marietta to see the special exhibit of British pressed glass and to enjoy a “tea time” reception.

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Visitors to Fenton Art Glass will find a spacious Gift Shop and a pleasant museum. Free factory tours (M-F 8:15am to 4:00pm) take small groups of guests right out to the factory floor to see glassmaking "up close and personal." Friendly, knowledgeable tour guides explain all aspects of the operation. The Fenton tour has been ranked among the "top 10" factory tours nationwide by USA Today. In addition we have been named Rand McNally Best of the Road for 2006. For a factory tour schedule, click here. For a map, click here.