 | Honor Collection The 2003 Honor Collection is a tribute to Fenton founder Frank L. Fenton, who developed Mulberry glass during the early 1940's. At the time, Fenton was producing a transparent color called Aqua. Frank L. suggested the glassblowers take a small amount of the gold ruby used to make Cranberry glass and cover it with Aqua to see what combination would occur. The result was a beautiful color that shaded from a reddish purple to blue. Mulberry's charm is in this distinctive flow of color which is a glassmaker's challenge--hold the richest concentration of gold ruby at the top of the piece and end with transparent blue at the bottom. | |
| Wine Country on Ruby Amberina Stretch: Select pieces of Ruby Amberina Stretch glass feature Frances Burton's new handpainted Wine country decoration of lush grapes on a trellis. |  | |
| The Art of Ruby Glass: In the first half of the twentieth century, glassmakers strived to make a uniform ruby color suitable for railroad signals, lantern globes, and auto tail lights. Today, Fenton's ruby glass is made with selenium and cadmium. This glass batch is sensitive to heat and interesting color varaiations often occur. Collectors take great delight in the red-orange effect called "amberina." | ||
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 | Historic Collection The Art of Stretch Glass: During the manufacturing process, these items are sprayed with a mixture of metallic salts before being reheated and brought to their final shape by a skilled glassworker called a Finisher. This finishing procedure often creates a myriad of striations and even a somewhat rough texture in the iridescent surface, particularly at the edges of the piece. | |
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