Antique Milk Glass

Fenton Glass is one of the most popular, if not the most popular make of carnival and milk glass. Collectors avidly seek it in antique shops and in on-line auctions. Among the favorite forms of many glass collectors are the hens on nests. Fenton produced a glass chickens in a rainbow of colors.

Fenton Aquamarine Green Rooster / Chicken US $6.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Nov-25-2008 16:45:23 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Fenton Iridized Opalescent Pearl Pink Rooster / Chicken US $6.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Nov-25-2008 16:55:55 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Fenton Frosted Pink Milk Glass Chicken Covered Dish US $0.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Nov-25-2008 19:14:00 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Fenton Art Glass Hen on Nest Chicken Deviled Egg Plate US $279.97 End Date: Tuesday Dec-02-2008 20:40:43 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

FENTON ANIMAL FONT CHICKEN, DUCK BUNNY RABBIT SPOKE US $149.95 End Date: Sunday Dec-14-2008 13:34:55 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

Founded in 1860 as Hale & Atterbury, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company eventually became, in 1893, just Atterbury Glass Company.

Atterbury made a wide variety of items, from bar bottles, to tableware, to lamps. It was renowned for making covered dishes in the shapes of rabbits, ducks, chickens and boars head, and its innovative lamps were especially sought after. Most objects were produced either in a milk glass or in opaline.

If one had to pick out one very typical and influential Atterbury piece, it would be a covered dish in the shape of a chicken sitting on its nest, much like the one shown below.

Of course, this design, along many others were copied by Westmoreland Glass Company in the mid 20th century.

Westmoreland Yellow Satin Glass Hen Chicken on Nest US $7.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 12:04:55 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Vintage Westmoreland Milk Glass Hen Nest Chicken Chick US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 14:23:05 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Vintage Westmoreland Milk Glass Chicken on Basket US $4.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Nov-22-2008 2:56:53 PST Bid now | Add to watch list