Antique Milk Glass » Carnival Glass http://antique-milk-glass.com All About Antique Milk Glass Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:03:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Antique Carnival Glass Baskets http://antique-milk-glass.com/antique-carnival-glass-baskets http://antique-milk-glass.com/antique-carnival-glass-baskets#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:23:55 +0000 admin http://antique-milk-glass.com/antique-carnival-glass-baskets 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.

]]> http://antique-milk-glass.com/antique-carnival-glass-baskets/feed 0 Fenton Carnival Glass http://antique-milk-glass.com/fenton-carnival-glass http://antique-milk-glass.com/fenton-carnival-glass#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:35:12 +0000 admin http://www.antique-milk-glass.com/fenton-carnival-glass 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.

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