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A man who admits to having an affinity for elegant things.

 

That is interesting regarding the sunlight test. It will certainly be something I can add to my arsenal of antique tips.

 

So what are the two pieces (yellow and green) Fenton called exactly?

 

Yes, recent Scandinavian. I can't recall who off hand.

 

I'm unsure if the "green green" has a proper name other than opalescent green silvercrest, but the "yellow" one might be vaseline glass. You will need to test it.

This from the Vaseline Collector's Club....

http://www.vaselineglass.org/?page_id=35

 

The green and yellow pieces are NOT from the "crest" line, the crest line has an applied clear or colored edge. Silvercrest is used for the pieces with clear edges on milkglass.

The different colored edge on the green and yellow pieces are achieved by reheating the glass. They are opalescent glass in the hobnail pattern. Fenton called the color of the yellow one "Topaz" it is not Vaseline, so "Topaz Opalescent". The green is just called "Green Opalescent" Fenton first made the pattern in 1939 and they continued it into 1990. Since your pieces are unmarked, they most likely date before 1970, when Fenton started add a molded mark. The pattern was very popular in the 1940's into the 1960's.

You don't give sizes of your piece nor side views, both of which are critical to determining the catalog number and possible name of the piece. They were likely cataloged as either bonbon's or just bowls.

The green edge is referred to as "double crimped" as there are both small and big undulations (crimps). The yellow one may be what Fenton refers to as a "triangle double crimped" as it appears that there are 3 larger crimps forming a rough triangle shape.

 

The years of these pieces can be further narrowed based on when Fenton produced the colors. Green Opalescent, color code GO, was made from July 1959 to July 1961. Topaz Opalescent, color code TO, was made 1959 to 1962. Although it is made later years, those pieces would have been marked.

http://www.fentonfan.com/colors.html

You can see hobnail pieces in the following catalog. Although most are shown in milk glass, the same shapes would have been available in your colors. The catalog numbers are the same, the letters following the numbers are the color codes.

http://www.fentonfan.com/catalog/1961january/1961january.swf