Antique Milk Glass

Glass baskets are a favorite form of many collectors and thanks to their attentions there are many to be found in colors as varied as cobalt, ruby, sapphire, green, and blue.

Here are few better examples of the form.

NORTHWOOD VINTAGE Carnival Glass Basket US $50.01 (9 Bids) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 7:14:49 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

*STUNNING*FENTON*OPAL* CARNIVAL GLASS*BLUE BASKET*MINT US $24.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 10:20:51 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Amberina carnival glass basket US $25.00 End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 10:59:06 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

ISAAC BENESCH 54TH CARNIVAL GLASS HOLLY BASKET DISH US $31.51 (7 Bids) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 17:30:00 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Ruby Carnival Feather Glass Basket – Smith US $49.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Nov-22-2008 15:40:24 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

One of the biggest and most important producers of carnival glass was Fenton Glass. Founded in 1905, by the bothers Frank L. and John W. Fenton, in Williamstown, West Virginia, the company quickly grew to prominence by producing an type of inexpensive glass ware known as “iridescent ware” or “Iridill”. Mass produced by pressing and coating the hot glass with an iridescent substance, a process known as “doping”, the finished product was widely purchased in the inter-war years. Although by the late 1930s, the popularity of carnival glass had waned.

In the mid-1950s, there was a revival of interest in both the older pieces, and in newer reproductions, and carnival glass enjoyed a vogue among collectors who sought the best pieces. Now a days, exceptionally rare or fine pieces can fetch as much as $15,000 at auction.

FENTON RUSTIC CARNIVAL GLASS AMETHYST VASE 15.5" EXC!! US $102.50 (7 Bids) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 20:10:27 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Fenton Carnival Glass Collector's Plate #1 1970 US $6.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 20:13:43 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

HOLLY by FENTON~GOLDEN Carnival Glass Ruffled BOWL~MINT US $24.56 (10 Bids) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 23:28:35 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Encyclopedia of Carnival Glass book ID$$ Fenton Dugan US $12.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 3:00:56 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

VINTAGE FENTON BLUE CARNIVAL GLASS RUFFLED BOWL ~ HOLLY US $65.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Nov-21-2008 5:36:48 PST Bid now | Add to watch list