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Fenton Art Glass Presents . . . "Pre-Black
Friday" Specials!
SPECIAL NOTE: Watch for more Black Friday Specials in next
week's e-Newsletter. . .
Scheduled for Wednesday, November 22nd!
Gear up for holiday shopping with gift ideas from Fenton Art
Glass. Items from the
categories shown below
must
be ordered via our web site:
www.fentonartglass.com to receive the online discount.
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Check out these
Online Specials. . .
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Red, White & Blue Assorted Cornerstone & Impression Beads,
Buy Now!
Assorted Colors Cornerstone & Impression Beads,
Buy Now!
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NEW! Cornerstone & Impression
Uncored Bead Assortment
You'll receive a "five" bead uncored assortment
from Fenton Art Glass larger-sized beads in either Red,
White and Blue solid colors or assorted colors for just
$28, including shipping! An uncored bead does
not have the sterling silver core embossed Fenton USA, but
were handcrafted at the Fenton Art Glass factory in
Williamstown.
Each group includes two lmpression Beads and
three Cornerstone Beads. Sorry, we can not honor requests
for specific colors. Impression Beads are approximately
1" to 1-1/4" wide and tall. Cornerstone Beads are
approximately 5/8" tall. Because of the handmade process,
the bead size may vary.
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NEW
Limited Editions
from Fenton Gift Shop. . .
We are pleased to offer these new
Limited Edition selections for pre-orders. Each piece features
a hand painted design and will be signed, numbered and dated by one
of our talented designers.
These Limited Edition pieces are
handcrafted
in Opal Satin by Mosser
Glass, using Fenton moulds, exclusively for the Fenton Gift
Shop.
PLEASE NOTE:
To give our staff a Thanksgiving break, there will not
be a Limited Edition offering with pre-orders due by November
27 and 29. Our regular Limited Edition offerings will resume with the December
1 newsletter. We can not guarantee delivery by Christmas. We
suggest you print out the photo and give that "in place of"
the actual piece.
This 10.75" Vase provides a
great
canvas for Michelle Kibbe's hand painted "Wild Leaf
Floral" design. Michelle created a different look for
the flower stems and leaves. The delicate petals of blue and white flowers are attached to
striking brown stems with leaves that are "wild"
with brown and
black stripes and spots resembling tiger and leopard
prints. Golden trim and petite dot accents around
the top and a sponge pattern in the background complete
the elegant look for this vase. Each
Wild Leaf Floral Vase is $150.
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The Angel is a symbol of peace, love and guidance.
Michelle Kibbe re-interprets this theme with her design
featuring hand painted flowers, stars and delicate
feathery wings.
Michelle created pastel blue
and white flowers for the border and used blue-purple
hues for the wings. She even added a soft feather
pattern to the wings.
Note the hand painted details
on the face and the golden stars and curlique accents on
the gown.
You'll want to add this beautiful 6-3/8"
Opal Satin Angel Girl figurine to your collection. Each Star Angel Girl Figurine is $95. |
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Michelle Kibbe's hand painted design on this
little fella is sure to warm your heart! She
airbrushed the 3.75" tall Opal Satin figurine in soft
brown hues for a natural look, and created those big
blue eyes with the long eyelashes.
Note the "pawprint" on the
figurine's left leg! This "Blue Bandana Bear" figurine is
wearing a bright blue bandana with white polka dots
along with a blue bow on top of the head.
Each Blue Bandana Bear
Figurine is $75.
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Pre-orders for the Wild Leaf Floral
Vase, Star Angel Girl Figurine, and the Blue Bandana
Bear Figurine will be
accepted until midnight (ET) on Monday, November 20, 2017. To
place your pre-order for any of these
Limited Editions, please
call the Fenton Gift Shop: 1-800-319-7793, ext. 342 or send
us an email:
purchasing@fentongiftshop.com and include the
names of the items you want to purchase in the subject
line, as well as your full name and daytime phone number
so we may follow-up on your order. You may also request
that we add your name to our mailing list to receive news
about future Limited Edition offerings.
Our popular 6.75" Bridesmaid Doll Figurine
features a fun seasonal design by Michelle Kibbe that we call
"Snowman Family". This hand painted scene includes
four snowmen all decked out in the winter scarves and
caps. Each one has a present and they are posing by
stylized holiday trees... perhaps they are having a gift
exchange? Each Snowman Family
Doll Figurine is $150 and is limited to 13 figurines.
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The perfect companion for our "Star" Girl
Angel Figurine is this matching "Star" Boy Angel!
Michelle Kibbe used the same design on this figurine. . .
delicate blue and white flowers, golden stars and
meticulously hand painted feathers on this 6" Opal Satin figurine.
Each Star Boy Angel Figurine is $115.
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This adorable 3.75" Opal Satin Sitting Cat
Figurine is dressed in holiday finery. . . from the holly
sprigs and red berries, golden snowflakes and dot accents
to the lovely red Christmas Cape adorned with white stars
and a Christmas Tree. Note those beautiful sky blue eyes! Each
Caper Sitting Cat Figurine is $75.
Pre-orders for the Blue Bandana
Bear Figurine, Star Boy Angel Figurine and the
Caper Sitting Cat Figurine will be accepted until midnight
(ET) on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. To place your pre-order, please call the Fenton Gift Shop:
1-800-319-7793, ext. 342 or email:
purchasing@fentongiftshop.com and include the
names of the items you want to purchase in the subject line as
well as your full name and daytime phone number.
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Shop "Black Friday"
at
Fenton Gift Shop. . . Unique Gifts & Limited Edition Glass!
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Stop by and see the latest selections of
unique gifts and glass! We'll have in-store specials,
including our handcrafted jewelry! OR. . . give a Fenton Gift Shop
Gift Certificate to someone special!
A very limited quantity of the items shown
at right will be available for purchase at
Fenton Gift Shop on Black Friday. Fenton Gift Shop will open at 9
a.m. (ET). These selections will not be numbered. Each piece
will be signed and dated by the artist who designed it.
Shown front row, l-r: Frosty Friends
Snow Couple, $140/pair; Not A Creature Was Stirring
Mouse, $75; Cobalt Ornaments Paperweight, $80. Back
row, l-r: Canaan Valley Alley Cat by Robin Spindler,
$240; Red/White Striped
Lighthouse Fairy Light, $125; and the Cobalt Snow Couple
Paperweight, $125. Shown below the "OPEN at 9 a.m." text is the
Chickadee Crystal Iceberg Paperweight, $80 each. Details
on each of these items will be in the November 22 newsletter.
These "Black Friday" items will be available for "pre-orders" beginning on
Saturday, November 25th. All pre-orders are due by midnight on
Friday, December 1. WE CAN NOT TAKE
ADVANCE PRE-ORDERS ON THE BLACK FRIDAY ITEMS.
To pre-order any of these items, please
contact Fenton Gift Shop: 1-800-319-7793, ext. 342 or send an
email:
purchasing@fentongiftshop.com and include the
names of the items you want to purchase in the subject line as
well as your full name and daytime phone number. We can not guarantee delivery by Christmas
on "pre-orders".
We suggest you print out the photo and give that "in place" of
the actual piece.
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 Daisy
& Button Opal Ringholders. . .
Great gift idea or
treat yourself with our handcrafted Opal Satin 3" diameter
Ringholder in the Daisy & Button pattern. Handcrafted
for Fenton Gift Shop, using the Fenton mould, at Mosser
Glass. The Fenton logo is on the underside. The outside is
a shiny Opal and the inside has been satin finished.
Michelle Kibbe's
design features hand painted delicate rosebuds in a lovely
blush pink or hyacinth (bluish-purple) color. Michelle's initials are also
on each Ringholder.
Each Ringholder is $37
postage paid with shipping via USPS.
Make check payable to
Fenton Gift Shop, 2242 Williams Hwy., #108, Williamstown,
WV 26187 or stop by the Fenton Gift Shop in Boaz and pay
$30 for in-store pickup!
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Fenton Art Glass Mould Information.
. . New Pricing Discounts! |
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 New
pricing discounts have been introduced for moulds. As we
approach demolition of the building we have added
discounts starting at 50% off the listed price for 1-9
purchases and increasing up to 90% for over 100 moulds
purchased.
The link below will take you to an Excel
spreadsheet that lists all of the moulds in numerical
order from the Fenton record system. The spreadsheet lists
the moulds in numerical order (column A) as recorded in
the Fenton system. Information in other columns will help
you. Columns D and K provide brief descriptions of each
mould. When known, the previous owner of a mould is listed
in column Q. Fenton historian James Measell traced the
histories of many moulds, and his comments are in columns
S and T. The current status of any moulds sold (or
promised) to a particular purchaser is noted in column U.
The prices for moulds are in column M. This Excel file is
"searchable" so
you can use your search terms to try to
find particular moulds. See spreadsheet at
https://spaces.hightail.com/space/OUw8ImK2Kc
The
links below will take you to files with the Fenton mould
pictures including crimps and optic moulds.
These color photos of the moulds are in the same numerical
order as column A in the Excel spreadsheet. View these
photos on your computer and keep the Excel
spreadsheet at hand simultaneously. Please note: the Excel
spreadsheet will be updated from time to time as moulds
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Fenton Art Glass eBay Auctions. . .
Here's an opportunity
to own a beautiful
"one-of-a-kind" art glass creation or items from the history
of Fenton Art Glass through our weekly
eBay auctions. This auction ends at noon (ET) on Wednesday, November 22.
Items featured this week. . .
Top: The wonderful one-of-a-kind
Christmas ornament (3.25" d.) by Fenton artist Michelle Kibbe
is a treat to see! The iridescent Opal glass is the perfect
complement to Michelle's meticulously detailed, hand painted
scene which depicts Santa placing a golden star on top of the
Christmas tree. The back of this ornament has an embossed
snowflake design. Glitter accents on the tree provide extra
sparkle. This ornament comes with a silver ribbon for
hanging and is dated "2017" and signed "M. Kibbe” and identified
as “OOAK".
Middle: These glassmaking tools, called “pincers” by
those who work with glass, are used to grasp hot glass items,
usually when the item is taken out of a mould or off the
blowpipe or when it is ready to be placed in an annealing lehr
or kiln. These pincers are made of spring steel and are ready
to be used in glassmaking. The jaws of the pinchers are
covered with heat-resistant Kevlar so that the metal of the
tool will not mar the hot glass item. There are 5 different
pinchers in this group, and we have measured both the
approximate length of each pincer and width of the jaws at the
widest area. (1) length 19” jaws 5.5” wide; (2) length 18”
jaws 5.75” wide; (3) length 17.25” jaws 5” wide; (4) length
15” jaws 5,75” wide; (5) length 17” jaws 5.75” and 4.75” wide
(two sections). All of these pincers were used in glassmaking
operations at the Fenton Art Glass Company in Williamstown,
West Virginia. These tools will be shipped via FedExGround.
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Above: These five
pieces of glass came from our glass chemist's lab,
and there is a story behind them. These pieces are
from our Patriot Red color, made for the
Bicentennial in 1975-76. This glass color was
extraordinarily sensitive to changes in
temperature, so the desired opaque brick red hue
often morphed into lighter shades of red with
orange and/or yellow mixed in. These pieces were
taken from a Fenton Art Glass melting unit. Fenton
employee Jim Stage (now associated with the
Williamstown Antique Mall) polished each piece to
a smooth surface. The photo above shows the
approximate size for each piece. Total weight of
the 5 pieces is 1 oz. These curiosities will make
a great addition to your Fenton collection.
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