The popular Chessie Cat Covered Candy Box seems to glow in our new Key Lime color!

The idea for the Chessie covered box was born in the late 1960s when the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company contacted Fenton. The railroad's promotion and special events manager inquired about new corporate gift ideas, particularly items featuring their distinctive sleeping cat trademark. After the inquiry from C&O, Fenton designer Anthony Rosena made sketches and plaster models. A mould was made by Fenton, and C&O officials visited the plant to see the Chessie box being produced in Fenton's new Carnival glass color in 1970. These first Chessie boxes were gifts from C&O, and company head Cyrus Eaton sent them worldwide to heads of state and other friends of the railway. C&O employees also became interested in acquiring the Chessie box, so more were produced. They continue to be a collector favorite!