FENTON FLYER FOTOS January - February 2023
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Final Reminder...Dues are Due Your dues must be current before February 1, 2023 to be included on the March/April Flyer mailing list! New Membership Mice By Sharon Fenner Our 2023 Membership mice are Mosser made in Georgia Blue. We are offering them in glossy and hand-painted. The Glossy version is available for $30. The embellished version, designed and hand-painted by Trudy Mendenhall can be yours for $69. They are available to members current in their 2023 dues.        Happy Valentine's Day By Sharon Fenner   We are happy to offer 'Unicorn Series #2' this beautiful Crystal Carnival, Mosser made unicorn. Former Fenton Designer Frances Burton has created the perfect design for Valentine's Day! Beautiful in shades of pink, with a white heart surrounding the pink rose on her hip, this very feminine design would make the perfect gift for your 'special someone' or for yourself. Plans are in the works for 'Unicorn Series #3 and #4.   Forty dollars of the proceeds from the sale of each unicorn goes into Building Fund II.  They are very limited, available on a first come/first serve basis, for $85.00, on January 17, 2023.   zzzzzzz zzzzzzz Update! By Sharon Fenner This NFGS owned #8343 oval Opal vase is 8-inches tall and about 5.5-inches wide. This year Frances Burton created this awesome scene of a Steller's Sea Eagle with an Alaskan backdrop. She is working on the vases.           Welcome 2023!!!       A Fenton Table for the Holidays By Laurie Karman Each year the author decorates the dining room table for the Christmas season.  Enjoy the pictures of this beautiful display and see how many different Fenton items are included.  The pieces shown are too numerous to list, so please check out the article on page 4 of the January/February 2023 issue of the Flyer.     zzzzzzz zzzzzzz Fenton Fakes! By Becki Ann Selby and Stephen Embry Right: Green overlay vase - done for Teleflora - note the heavy glass at the bottom Far right: Appears to be Aqua Crest - done for Teleflora  Below: Dot optic Snowcrest bowl - done in Amber and Ruby Overlay for AA Imports - note the crest that 'runs' down the outside Bottom 2 rows: Posted on Etsy as 'Fenton style' - they are Brand New Imports - watch for thick glass on the bottom and pontil marks.       zzzzzzz zzzzzzz   I-Spy By Becki Ann Selby Cheryl Lawson spotted this 'big hat' while watching The Today Show, 3rd Hour, which aired on 12/7/22.  zzzzzzz zzzzzzz Fenton Hobnail Hand Vases Part 2 of 4 Hobnail Hand Vases, Mould #389 and, later, Ware #3355 (discussed in this part of the series). By Lori and Michael Palmer   Right: Picture of Fenton Mould #389-M (courtesy of James Measell) zzzzzzz zzzzzzz     Is that a Fenton Christmas Tree? By Laurie Karman zzzzzzz zzzzzzz Violets in the Snow, Ferns, and Louise Piper By David Kingsley After much research the author uncovered information that indicates Louise Piper would have been the only possible decorator to paint the items with ferns.  Read about the path to finding that information in this issue of The Fenton Flyer.    zzzzzzz zzzzzzz     Critter Corner By Becki Ann Selby The 307 Novelty Dog is 2.25-inches tall and was first made in the 1930s for the S. S. Kresge Department Stores (which later became Kmart). Westmoreland and Lancaster made similar dogs. Only the Fenton dogs have the small hole in the bottom.  zzzzzzz zzzzzzz     Top left: Fenton 1920s #3007 Offhand Art Glass vase in Green with Silver Hanging Hearts! To the right is a photo of it laying down.  Left row 2: early unmarked Blue Ridge Crest basket with a whimsy twist handle. To the right is a picture of the handler's mark. Dr. James Measell contributed "I suspect that the mark was created by one of the tools used by handler Frank O. Myers". Left bottom: Electric Blue Orange Tree whimsy hatpin holder with pinched flared points! This piece is known in the Carnival world as the "Propeller". The Propeller realized $16,000 with slight damage to one toe. Right row 3: Fenton Blue Butterfly and Berry ruffled Spittoon whimsy fashioned from a sugar base; sold for $20,000!  Right row 4: Horse Medallion #1665 Jack-in-the-Pulpit shaped footed bowl in Celest Blue; sold for $6,750. zzzzzzz zzzzzzz    NFGS 2023 ANNUAL CONVENTION JULY 29 - 30 - 31, 2023 GRAND POINTE CONFERENCE AND  RECEPTION CENTER WINGATE by WYNDOM HOTEL VIENNA, WEST VIRGINIA     HAPPY NEW YEAR!   WILL THE GROUNDHOG SEE HIS SHADOW?   HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!    From the NFGS
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