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Slag glass has it's place in the collectable world, having been produced by companies such as Akro, Imperial, Westmoreland and others. Since we have threads dedicated to Akro and Akroware, I thought I would start one dedicated to the manufacturers other than Akro. Have any eye catching pieces that you would like to share? Let's see them!

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Not special enough? On the contrary there, Steph, love it! I don't think I have seen a white liquor bottle like yours before. It's usually just plain milk glass. Can you snap a couple more pics of those color threads? Would love to see them differently!

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26 minutes ago, William said:

Not special enough? On the contrary there, Steph, love it! I don't think I have seen a white liquor bottle like yours before. It's usually just plain milk glass. Can you snap a couple more pics of those color threads? Would love to see them differently!

 

Will try. :thup:    Could take a bit. I struggle with accuracy of color.  Was glad the lavender showed up at all.  

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Guess I never realized or have looked into far enough too know that Fenton made slag glass pieces? I've done a lot of antique dealing over the years and have never seen a Fenton slag piece. Who knows, maybe I have and didn't realize it because it wasn't my focus at the given time. This one has the original sticker on the base and is marked at $24. Didn't purchase it but might once I delve into the subject a bit further! Very cool piece.

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25 minutes ago, William said:

Guess I never realized or have looked into far enough too know that Fenton made slag glass pieces? I've done a lot of antique dealing over the years and have never seen a Fenton slag piece. Who knows, maybe I have and didn't realize it because it wasn't my focus at the given time. This one has the original sticker on the base and is marked at $24. Didn't purchase it but might once I delve into the subject a bit further! Very cool piece.

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Wow, was just navigating through some listings on Ebay and Etsy and there is quite a bit of slag pieces by Fenton out there. Blue seems to be the more common color listed, saw at least a dozen listings for the same piece above ranging in price from $20 up to $80, the more swirls of color the higher the price was. Never dealt with or searched Fenton as far as buying and selling goes and just assumed they manufactured different colored clear glass or pieces with a "fade" design. As I have been told and with marbles, learn something every day!

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Fenton made a big variety of glass. Made art glass for over 100 years. I worked there for a short while. Was to hot for me even in the winter.  They made hundreds of colors, opaque, translucent and colored transparent, uv glass, hand painted glass,  and thousands of different pieces. About every if not all marble companies in WV and Jabo used Fenton glass cullet in making their marbles.  Vitrolite glass, Wissmach glass and Fenton glass were a couple of the large cullet suppliers for making marbles. It came from Gabbert family glass cullet company in Williamstown WV to the marble makers.  The glass industry was big and spread all over WV years ago. The glass industry was third right behind coal and timber. In the 1930's to the 1980's every little or big town in WV had some type of glass factory.  Like marbles that industry left the USA. 

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37 minutes ago, wvrons said:

Fenton made a big variety of glass. Made art glass for over 100 years. I worked there for a short while. Was to hot for me even in the winter.  They made hundreds of colors, opaque, translucent and colored transparent, uv glass, hand painted glass,  and thousands of different pieces. About every if not all marble companies in WV and Jabo used Fenton glass cullet in making their marbles.  Vitrolite glass, Wissmach glass and Fenton glass were a couple of the large cullet suppliers for making marbles. It came from Gabbert family glass cullet company in Williamstown WV to the marble makers.  The glass industry was big and spread all over WV years ago. The glass industry was third right behind coal and timber. In the 1930's to the 1980's every little or big town in WV had some type of glass factory.  Like marbles that industry left the USA. 

Another glass maker, Alladin, has caught my eye because of a small lamp made of alacite I saw yesterday. It's a really nice translucent piece with the original finial and dates from the late 30's and early 40's. I researched it a bit and discovered that uranium oxide was used in the manufacturing of this type of glass until the 40's when the U.S. government banned its use. Yes, the same stuff used in nuclear plants. It was interesting reading material for sure. This dealer only wants $14 for it. I just might pick it up. It would be interesting to see if I get the same reaction from it like you would from vintage vaseline glass under lighting!

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5 minutes ago, William said:

Another glass maker, Alladin, has caught my eye because of a small lamp made of alacite I saw yesterday. It's a really nice translucent piece with the original finial and dates from the late 30's and early 40's. I researched it a bit and discovered that uranium oxide was used in the manufacturing of this type of glass until the 40's when the U.S. government banned its use. Yes, the same stuff used in nuclear plants. It was interesting reading material for sure. This dealer only wants $14 for it. I just might pick it up. It would be interesting to see if I get the same reaction from it like you would from vintage vaseline glass under lighting!

Another note, in the 50's, after restrictions eased, glassmakers began producing this variety of glass again, and also, it's not the "radioactivity" that makes the glass "glow", it's the chemical makeup that does. It's interesting literature indeed 😊

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Just now, William said:

Targeting this pair of liquor bottles my next visit there...

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Didn't look too see if what the makers mark was. By the time I found them was already over my budget today 😣

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In Lacrosse, Wisconsin today to pick up some new specs (my pair, the frame broke away from the lense) and stopped at a place I haven't been in for a couple of months. Walked away with this Slag Owl by Imperial Glass, a "twin" too the one I found earlier this year! No mibs too speak of but there are a few more slag pieces I want to pick up next week for sure. 

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12 minutes ago, William said:

In Lacrosse, Wisconsin today to pick up some new specs (my pair, the frame broke away from the lense) and stopped at a place I haven't been in for a couple of months. Walked away with this Slag Owl by Imperial Glass, a "twin" too the one I found earlier this year! No mibs too speak of but there are a few more slag pieces I want to pick up next week for sure. 

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Yeah baby, the "who's who" of slag glass, so nice to have the tags still intact, killer score William !!

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1 hour ago, Chad G. said:

Yeah baby, the "who's who" of slag glass, so nice to have the tags still intact, killer score William !!

Yes sir, love it! Alot of white and caramel in this one. I have my eyes on an opaque green and white honeypot, a chocolate pedestal candy dish, and a chocolate bowl my next stop in there 👍

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Tom Mosser began working at Cambridge Glass in Ohio as a teenager until it's closing in 1954. He spent some time gathering the necessary equipment to manufacture glassware out of a chicken coop and once he got the ball rolling, started the company called Variety Glass, I believe in 1959. In 1971, he started the Mosser Glass company, a somewhat small company currently employing around 30 people. Interesting history once I researched it! This mini plate was produced in the 70's from what I gather, and there are quite a few out there in an abundance of colors. Only dropped $5 on it, pretty cool little piece 😊

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