Fenton Art Glass Presents. . . April "No Fooling" Online Specials!

Celebrate April Fool's Day with these "No Fooling" Online Specials! Our featured special this week is Designer Sample Jewelry. . . one-of-a-kind selections now offered at a 35% discount! Choose from the items shown below or click here to shop the entire collection! This "Designer Sample Jewelry" Online Special applies to orders placed via www.fentonartglass.com from 8 p.m. (ET) on March 30 through 8 p.m. on April 5th, so don't miss your opportunity to acquire beautiful "one-of-a-kind" handcrafted art glass jewelry!

Choose from these beautiful one-of-a-kind selections or click here to shop the complete Designer Sample Jewelry Collection at www.fentonartglass.com . . . You'll receive a 35% discount on online orders placed by 8 p.m. on 4/5/17!

Enjoy more "No Fooling" Online Specials with the links below. . .

Original Fenton Glassmaking Tools Available. . .

Here’s a great opportunity to acquire a real piece of “Fenton history,” a blowpipe actually used by a skilled glassworker in the production of glass at the Fenton Art Glass Company in Williamstown, West Virginia. These blowpipes are made of steel and range in length from 56” to 58” and are fitted with a red rubber grip. Blowpipes are $50 each (plus tax) and must be paid in full when your order is placed at the Fenton Gift Shop.

To order, please call the Fenton Gift Shop: 1-800-319-7793, Wed.-Sat. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET. If you call at other times and leave a message, your call will be returned. NOTE: Blowpipes cannot be shipped. They will be available for pick up at the Fenton Gift Shop in Williamstown during the regular business hours listed above. If you cannot come to Williamstown until a few months later this year, don’t worry! We will stay in touch to be sure that you can pick up your piece of Fenton history.

Fenton Art Glass Auctions Scheduled. . .
As some of you may already know, there will be three auctions on the premises at the Fenton Art Glass factory during the coming weeks: May 6, May 20 and June 3. Each auction will begin at 10 a.m. EDT and will be conducted by local auctioneer Mike Voshel, proprietor of the Williamstown Auction Center.

The Saturday, May 6 auction will consist of tools and equipment from the Fenton maintenance department as well as machinery, tools and equipment from the Fenton mouldmaking shop and many other items (note: no moulds will be sold at auction).

The Saturday, May 20 auction will consist of machinery, equipment and supplies used in glass batch mixing and melting, glassmaking and glass decorating equipment, warehouse equipment and conveyors, and other items.

The Saturday, June 3 auction will consist of office and factory equipment such as desks, file cabinets, furniture, shelving, display fixtures, heaters, exhaust fans, and large showcases from the Fenton Museum (note: all of the glass from the museum was sold at auctions a few years ago).

Click here for further information as well as photos of the tools, machinery, equipment, furniture etc. to be sold at these auctions. Scroll down the page until you see the Fenton auction listings. Questions regarding these auctions should be directed to the Williamstown Auction Center: 304-375-5815 or email: williamstownauction@suddenlink.net.

NEW Limited Edition Designs from Fenton Gift Shop. . .

Fenton Gift Shop is pleased to offer these beautiful Limited Edition selections for pre-orders. Each piece has a hand painted, signed, numbered and dated design by our talented designers. Included in this grouping are a 10.75" Vase, a 5.75" Ghost, a 2.5" Mouse, an 11" Alley Cat, a 12.25" Vase and a 2.75" Songbird, each piece handcrafted in Opal Satin by Mosser Glass. These pieces were made exclusively for the Fenton Gift Shop using a Fenton mould.

Scenes of Spring, designed by Kim Barley, adorn this stately Opal Satin Vase. Note the songbird perched on a stem, bumblebees and the multi-colored flowers encircling the vase. Kim airbrushed the entire vase in soft pastels for a rainbow effect. Each Scenes of Spring Vase is $160.

Spring has definitely "sprung" with this colorful scene on our Opal Satin Ghost figurine. Kim Barley airbrushed the figurine in soft pastels to create the background for her lush floral design.

Vibrant blooming pink tulips and lavender adorn the front while a large pink tulip and bud are hand painted on the back side of this figurine.

Note the buzzing bumblebees and that whimsical smiling face! The words "tiptoe Tulips" will be hand lettered by Kim on the front of each figurine.
 

Each Tiptoe Tulips Ghost Figurine is $110.

 

Kim Barley has creatively transformed this adorable mouse figurine into "Miss Nurse" with a fun design that includes many items used in the nursing profession. Note the "dripping" syringe, band-aid, red heart, and Rx bottle hand painted on the ears, as well as the starched white cap adorned with a red cross, stethoscope and white uniform. Each Miss Nurse Mouse Figurine is $75.   Pre-orders for the Scenes of Spring Vase, the Tiptoe Tulips Ghost and Miss Nurse Mouse Figurines will be accepted until midnight (ET) on Monday, April 3, 2017. Please call the Fenton Gift Shop to pre-order: 1-800-319-7793, ext. 342 or email: purchasing@fentongiftshop.com and include the name(s) of each item you want to purchase in the subject line.

Robin Spindler calls her hand painted design "Hide & Seek" and will include this title as part of her signature for each Alley Cat figurine. Young foxes, known as kits, are born between March and May. Robin's colorful scene shows the kits playing a game of "hide & seek" among the daisies. A lovely blue sky with birds in flight provide the background for this splendid scene. Did you know. . . The red fox has excellent hearing and can reportedly hear a watch ticking 40 yards away! Each Hide & Seek Alley Cat Figurine is $250.

Michelle Kibbe chose a popular visitor to many a backyard bird feeder. . . the American goldfinch... for this impressive 12.25" tall vase. Michelle's scene features two brightly colored American goldfinches perched on the stems of vibrant purple iris flowers. The back view of the vase is just as beautiful with a marvelous hand painted scene that includes a country lane, winding along-side a small stream, which leads to a large barn with a blue sky and majestic purple mountains in the distance. Each Finches on Iris Vase is $220.   The perfect companion piece for the above vase is Michelle's hand painted Goldfinch Bird figurine. The feathered details are true to life. Perfect gift idea for the figurine collector or bird watcher! Each American Goldfinch Bird Figurine is $75.

Pre-orders for the Hide & Seek Alley Cat Figurine, Finches on Iris Vase and the American Goldfinch Bird Figurine will be accepted until midnight (ET) on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. To order, please call the Fenton Gift Shop: 1-800-319-7793, ext. 342 or email: purchasing@fentongiftshop.com and include the name(s) of each item you want to purchase in the subject line. You may also request that we add your name to our mailing list to receive news of upcoming offerings.

Visiting our area? Stop by the Fenton Gift Shop! We have in-store only special offerings on hand crafted Fenton jewelry, glass, Fenton reference materials, and more! We also have Limited Edition glass (signed and numbered). Fenton Gift Shop is open Wednesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. (ET) and is located at 420 Caroline Avenue, Williamstown, WV 26187. Please call to confirm store hours: 800-319-7793 or 1-304-375-7772.

Fenton Art Glass eBay Auctions. . .

Here's an opportunity to own a beautiful "one-of-a-kind" art glass creation or a part of Fenton's history through our weekly eBay auctions. This auction ends at noon (ET) on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Items featured this week. . .

A pair of playful kittens (could they be twins?) pause to gaze at a yellow butterfly on this splendid one-of-a-kind hand painted vase (9.5" tall) by Fenton artist Michelle Kibbe. The satin-finished cobalt blue glass is the perfect background for Michelle's lush hand painted floral motif and foliage, and the twin kittens are perfectly detailed and wonderfully realistic. The vase was handcrafted at Blenko Glass, using the Fenton mould, exclusively for Fenton Art Glass.

With Lotus Mist Burmese glass for her canvas, Fenton artist Michelle Kibbe designed and hand painted this splendid one-of-a-kind combination of a floral motif and interesting scenes on this 9" tall vase. The Dogwood flowers around the base are beautifully done, and you'll love the scenic depiction of rolling hills, a meandering dream and a white church beside a country road. Lotus Mist Burmese is a classic Fenton glass color that contains pure gold in the batch and requires special reheating techniques to create the delicate pink blush.

This 8" Opal Satin plate from Fenton Art Glass production features a wonderful, one-of-a-kind hand painted "Haunted House" scene created and hand painted by Fenton artist Kim Barley. Every element of the scene─from the splendidly detailed Victorian house and the dead tree to the bats circling aloft and the forbidding airbrushed background─
is perfectly executed. Kim has lettered the back of this one-of-a-kind plate as follows: "Ghosts are hiding in the walls. Creeping out when darkness falls.” She added “OOAK 2017” below the poem. Kim’s signature appears on the front of this one-of-a-kind plate, just below the tombstone: “Kim Barley 2017". Includes plastic plate stand.

Here's a rare opportunity to acquire a tool actually used in making handmade glassware at the Fenton Art Glass Co., and this example goes back many years. This tool is 15.75" in length, and it was used to "turn out" hot glass items after the glass had set up and the cast iron mould was opened. In the first few years of glass production at Fenton, it was not unusual to have young fellows 12-13 years old working as "turning-out boys" or performing other tasks in the glass factory manufacturing area. The tool operates like a set of pincers to fit around the glass item and then can be squeezed to hold it securely and take it away from the mould. What a great piece of Fenton history!
Click here to place your bid! This Fenton eBay auction ends at noon (ET) on Wednesday, April 5, 2017.