Fenton Aqua Crest Collection..All for sale

This is another awesome piece. A few of my photos show how I had it displayed.

This is a 3 tier tid bit stand made by Fenton Art Glass in Aqua Crest. All the hardware is original to the stand. The top has a question mark shaped top.

The only damage that might be on this piece is teeny flakes where the hardware attaches thru the plates.

The bottom plate measures 11 inches, the middle plate is 8 inches and the top plate is 6 inches. Total height of this stand is approx 15 inches including the handle.

My research shows it was made between 1948 and 1953.

It is stunning!!

This is a Fenton Aqua Crest Bon Bon/Candy Dish. It has a double crimp but is folded up on 2 sides similar to the JIP shape( JIP meaning Jack in Pulpit)This bon bon measures at 2 inches tall and has a diameter of 6 inches.This line was made in the 1940's and not marked on the bottom like new Fenton is.

This is a Fenton Aqua Crest Double Crimp BonBon Dish. It measures approx 6 inches in diameter and is approx 2 1/4 inches tall. This little dish is very versitile..you can use it for candy or I had it displayed on a silver stand. I will be listing the stand also.

The aqua crest line was made during the 1940's and is one of their nicer lines.

This is a large Aqua Crest Vase made by the Fenton Art Glass Company during the 1940's. Before Fenton started marking their awesome glass.

This vase measures approx 8 inches tall, the top diameter is approx 5 inches.

The crest is a deep aqua color and the outside is a milk glass. One of Fenton's best lines!!

This is a very stunning piece in person. It is a small epergne made by Fenton in Aqua Crest.

There is no damage to the piece.

It measures approx 7 inches tall overall, bowl diameter is approx 7 1/4 inches and is 4 1/4 inches tall.. The horn diameter is approx 4 inches and is 5 1/2 inches tall.

It has a metal base and metal horn insert piece.

You dont find many of these for sale.

This is another awesome piece from my personal collection. This is a Fenton Aqua Crest Large Hat Vase. From my research this piece was only made for 2 years 1941-1942.

The aqua coloring on the crest of this piece is a rich deep color. The vase has no damage

It measures approx 5 inches tall and has a top diameter of approx 5 1/2 inches. It has a crimped and ruffled top edge.

This is a Fenton Aqua Crest JIP Vase. It is approx 4 inches tall, and has a top dia of approx 4 1/4.Milk glass outer and an aqua edging...one of the many stunning crests Fenton has done. This came out in the 1940's before Fenton marked their glass on the bottom.

Fenton Aqua Crest Double Crimp Ruffled Rose Bowl. This is another awesome piece of glass. Nobody did Crests like Fenton did. This is another piece from my personal collection. I have to down size so I have room for my other many collections. My downsizing is your good luck!!

This rose bowl is approx 4 1/2 inches tall and has a top diameter of approx 4 1/2 inches.

I dont exactly know what they call this vase. It has a JIP top but its on 2 sides. So, I am calling it a double fold top edge vase. It is approx 4 1/2 inches tall and has a top diameter of approx 4 1/2 inches. It has no damage.

The Aqua Crest by Fenton Art Glass Company was made during the 1940's. It was before Fenton marked the bottom of their glass.

I am thinning out my personal collection of Fenton Art Glass to make room for my other extensive collections so this is your lucky day.

Today I am listing my Aqua Crest Collection. This was in production during the 1940's and are early unmarked Fenton.

This piece is a 6 inch vase with a double crimped, approx 6 inch diameter edge. The aqua coloring is amazing.
Fenton Aqua Crest is a favorite line, but the making of the glass is very important also.
It took great craftsmen to make. As you can see in some of my pieces, there are different styles of top edging. The crimp is on all of them, and then the glass craftsmen did something extra to several of these pieces. Notice how there is a large ruffle also? Well, they had to put this back into the furnace and use their wooden tools to hand shape the extra ruffles also.They are called double crimps.
Can you believe that the tops of these pieces( edges) were done by hand? Now that takes great talent!!!

My Degenhart Glass Story

From the time I was very young, I went to auctions with my grandparents. They started passing along their knowledge and love of glass down to me at an early age. They were very special people and knew alot of folks in the glass industry..both experts, researchers and collectors.
They started taking twice yearly trips down to southern Ohio. During those trips, which were made during my spring break and in the summer so I could go they visited the Fenton Art Glass Company and the Degenhart 's Crystal Art Glass Factory. That was the formal name for the company but I always have called it Degenhart Glass and I guess I always will.
My gramma was a firm believer in glass, and Degenhart was fairly unknown for along time. She always bought 3 pieces of each item. Why 3? Because she had 3 grand daughters...me, and my 2 younger sisters.While most kids got money or treats for their good grades, we got glass!
Oh yes...
and since I loved glass, I worked as hard as I could to earn it.
You would have had to know gramma..she put little notes in a lot of her glass...some I still have,like a power jar with a poodle on top has my name and the year she gave it to me still in it..LOL, I am a packrat..or so my family tells me.
Well back to my story! During all those trips, and dont get me wrong....I loved watching Fenton Glass being made during factory tours and have several collections of particular types of Fenton. I loved my trips to see Mrs Degenhart most! She was a wonderful lady, very warm...alot like my gramma. She sat in her store, which was like a barn to me, in a rocking chair and collected her money in a cigar box...tables and shelves everywhere..all loaded with glass..
No kidding...I think I have a picture of her in one of my books showing how cluttered her shop was.If she had it, it was in that shop..somewhere..and she knew just where to find it. She made sure my gramma picked out special colors. Some new, some just made..some named for folks we knew, like Jabe Tarter.He was a regular contributor to the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Akron Beacon Journal newspapers. He was much like the Kovel's ..he liked writing about antiques and was considered quite an expert.
She would talk to me about the glass, showing me special pieces too...I asked a ton of questions, and she probably wished at times I would just shut up..but she was very patient in her answers. When I got done with the questions and getting a bit ready to get some fresh air while gramma shopped. I would go out into the back and pick up coffee cans of glass shards, cullet etc that was dumped out when the glass batches were done...I have several baggies of it..recently I separated it into colors...
Most visits to her factory took all day....and are one of my most treasured memories!