Fenton blue glass? Similarities, but...would love to know more in any case !

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by Tom Mackay, Apr 23, 2017.

  1. Tom Mackay

    Tom Mackay Well-Known Member

    Here it is - is "square-necked" correct ?
    Hopefully the pics will describe it better than I could.
    It is 8" tall (203mm).
    20170418_181829.jpg 20170418_182604.jpg 20170418_174042.jpg
     
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  2. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

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  3. George Nesmith

    George Nesmith Well-Known Member

    Without book time for the shape I do not know it. For me the decoration says closer to 1900 than Fenton style painting. I am not even sure if it is USA. I would suggest the Early American Pattern Glass Society FB page picture files as a possible place to start for the shape.
     
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  4. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    I was thinking 1880s-90s.
    I believe Fenton didn't open until 1908 or there abouts.
     
  5. TallCakes

    TallCakes Well-Known Member

    the pontil mark pretty much excludes Fenton, but for very rare exceptions.
     
  6. Tom Mackay

    Tom Mackay Well-Known Member

    Here's a better look at the pontil. (I hope.) 20170423_102739.jpg 20170423_102617.jpg
     
  7. fenton

    fenton Well-Known Member

    Fenton has no Pontil mark.
     
  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    nice photo's !!!
     
  9. Tom Mackay

    Tom Mackay Well-Known Member

    Thanks. I try hard to represent things accurately.
     
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  10. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I LOVE the handle, and the painting. I thought Fenton at first until I saw the pontil.
    greg
     
  11. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    It's called a reed or reeded handle
     
  12. Tom Mackay

    Tom Mackay Well-Known Member

    A remark I saw somewhere led me to a photo with quite a similar pitcher to mine said to be by New England Glass ( but a different colour and not painted).
    Antique-Amberina-Pitcher-New-England-Glass-Company.jpg Phoenix-Amberina-7-Ruby-Cranberry-Pitcher.jpg

    That led to another that looks identical that the owner claims was made by Phoenix Glass
    https://picclick.com/Phoenix-Amberina-7-Ruby-Cranberry-Pitcher-350422173428.html

    I think the second image has a more rounded "shoulder" (?) on the body than the first and in that regard is more like mine, but the dots on both seem much less subtle than on mine.
    When I was searching using "Northwood handpainted blue glass pitcher" I saw flowers painted in a style very like mine on a few pieces and identical floral elements on one piece, but the owner didn't know its maker.
     
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  13. PACKRAT

    PACKRAT Well-Known Member

    Nice glass and love the Canadian dime. If I had enough of them I would buy this.
     
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  14. Cherryhill

    Cherryhill Well-Known Member

    The shape of the pitcher, bulbous plus the "square" top is too well copied to be representative of its manufacture, both here (in the USA) and in Europe/Bohemia.

    Its a pretty pitcher, the rough pontil indicates a small lack of concern about finish.

    The decoration does resemble some done by Phœnix, but, and this may help, Phœnix was managed by one of the Webbs, from England.

    I cannot attribute the pitcher to any source I'm aware of.
     
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  15. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Known as celery handles here. That enamelling does look a tad English, and we certainly had companies making square necks like that. Whitefriars made similar in the 50s and later, but this isn't one of theirs. Too early.
     
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