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Orange Tree: Bearded Berry : Carnival

Dish
c.1911 (made)
Artist/Maker
Fenton Art Glass Company (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Williamstown (West Virginia) (made)
United States (made)

Dish of clear glreen glass and circular shape. It is press moulded with foliate, floral and branched decoration on the interior and hairy pods on the exterior. It is covered in a sprayed on metallic finish of green/gold iridescence.

Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Dish
TitleOrange Tree: Bearded Berry : Carnival (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Glass, press moulded, sprayed on metallic finished, hot-worked
Glass
Moulded
Hot-Worked
Brief description
Dish of glass, made by Fenton Art Glass Company, West Virginia (Williamstown), c.1911.
Physical description
Dish of clear glreen glass and circular shape. It is press moulded with foliate, floral and branched decoration on the interior and hairy pods on the exterior. It is covered in a sprayed on metallic finish of green/gold iridescence.
Dimensions
  • Maximum diameter: 20.1cm
Style
19TH CONT
Gallery label
The iridescent and variegated colouring is typical of what has become known as 'Carnival' glass. It was achieved by spraying the still hot moulded glass with metallic compounds fixed with stannous chloride.
Credit line
Given by Raymond and Michel Lerpiniere
Object history
This type of glass has been called Carnival Glass by collectors since c.1960. This pattern is called 'Orange Tree' and the exterior 'Bearded Berry' by modern colelctors.
Production
Factory pattern no. 1430, known as 'salad' shape.
Imported inot the UK by Charles Pratt of the National Glass Co., Charterhouse St., London.
Bibliographic reference
See Carnival Glass subject file, no. CG-8
Other number
7663 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.30-1992

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O4176/orange-tree-bearded-berry--dish-fenton-art-glass/
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