Fancy Fills a Art Glass
Wannan kamfanin ya fara zama kamfanonin gilashi a cikin hoto na 1905 a kan manyan abubuwan da wasu masana'antun glassware suka yi. Lokacin da ake bukatar kasuwancin kamfanin ya karu, sai suka fara samar da nasu gilashi a 1907 bayan sun tashi daga Ohio zuwa Williamstown, West Virgina.
A lokacin da suka fara samuwa, Fenton ya sami wahayi daga zane-zane na masanan gilashin Tiffany da Steuben . A sakamakon haka, sun gabatar da masu karɓar gilashi maras kyau a yanzu sun san gilashin carnival .
Fenton ya ci gaba da samar da fiye da siffofi 130 na wannan gilashi mai ban sha'awa, bisa ga bayanin da aka buga a Schroeder's Antiques Price Price (a yanzu ba a buga) ba, kuma wasu daga cikinsu suna sayarwa don kyawawan kudaden yau.
A cikin shekarun da suka wuce, sun hada da gilashin tsare, gilashin cakulan, gilashin opalescent, da kuma gilashi gilashi tsakanin wasu. Kuma, don ci gaba da ma'aikata suna gudana a lokacin damuwa da damuwa da yakin duniya na biyu, sun sanya kayan aiki masu amfani irin su hadawa gurasar, ruwan 'ya'yan itace da sauran kayan abinci na gilashi.
A ƙarshen '40s lokacin da kamfanonin gilashin da yawa suka fita daga kasuwanci, Fenton ya tsaya a kan hanya saboda' yan iyalin da suka keɓe masu kula da kamfanin. A shekara ta 1986, wani ƙarni na uku na Fentons ya kula da harkokin kasuwancin, kuma ya ci gaba da yin kayan yaji da kuma sha'awar duniya.
Hobnails, Ruffles da Crests
Shahararren gilashi madara a farkon shekarun 1950 ya jagoranci kamfanin ya samar da launi na farin Hobnail .
Yana da kyau sosai a lokacin wannan lokacin da suka ƙidaya shi a matsayin mai sayarwa mai gaskiya don shekaru masu zuwa. A halin yanzu, yayin da waɗannan gilashin gilashin madara suna da magoya bayan su, suna da yawa a farashi a cikin kasuwa na kasuwa.
Sauran hotunan hobnail, irin su hoton da ke kan itacen cranberry , blue ko gilashin gilashi, zai iya zama da daraja fiye da abin.
Yana da wuyar fahimtar muhimmancin waɗannan ƙananan, don haka kowannensu ya kasance mai bincike a kai tsaye don ƙaddamar da rarities.
Ƙananan gefuna da aka gano a yawancin kayayyaki na Fenton sunyi aiki daidai don ƙirƙirar layin "crest" na kamfanin. Gilashin tabarma, irin su gilashin garkuwa ko gilashin madara, ana amfani dashi akai-akai don samar da tushe daga cikin waɗannan abubuwa yayin da iyakoki mai launin haske ko launin ruwan kewayen gefen haɓaka ya kara haɓakar sha'awa.
An yi amfani da sassan da ake kira "Silver Crest", yayin da ake kira "Emerald Crest" wadanda ke da iyakar kogi. Sauran launuka da aka yi amfani da su a cikin wannan salon sune masu karba tare da masu tarawa "Snow Crest" da kuma "Ebony Crest" tare da tashe-tashen hanyoyi a gefen gefen launin fata ko baki. Wasu yankunan Ebony Crest na iya kasancewa mai mahimmanci tare da ƙananan ƙananan kaya suna sayar da farashi a daruruwan lokacin da za'a iya samun su.
Ana kwatanta Alamar Fenton zuwa Gilashin Gini
Yawancin abubuwan Fenton da aka yi tun 1973 sun riga sun karu. Wadannan abubuwa suna alama tare da fenton mai siffar mai samfurori da aka zana a tsaye a cikin gilashi.
An gabatar da kayan da aka gabatar kafin 1973 tare da igiyoyi daban-daban a kan takardun takarda wanda yawanci ana ɗauke da tsaftacewa da sarrafawa. Duk da yake yawancin fannoni suna da Fenton mai ban sha'awa game da su, wasu bazai zama kamar bayyane ba kuma ana ci gaba da bincike don tabbatar da mai yi.
A shekara ta 2004 Fenton ya ba da jagorancin jagororin da ake kira su "littattafai na tarihi" waɗanda suke samuwa ta wurin masu yawa masu sayar da gilashi da kuma kai tsaye daga kamfanin. Gilashin da tsofaffin gilashin da wannan kamfani ɗin suka yi za a iya bincike ta hanyar waɗannan jagororin, wanda yanzu ba a buga ba amma har yanzu ana iya kasancewa tare da ƙananan ƙoƙari. Wasu adadin littattafan da aka buga a Fenton suna samuwa ta hanyar Amazon.com da Half.com, ciki har da wasu sharuɗɗa mai kyau waɗanda aka ba da izini waɗanda gwargwadon gilashin gilashi da kuma masana Margaret da Kenn Whitmyer suka wallafa.
Da zarar an san wani yanki wanda ba a san shi ba ne a matsayin Fenton, to, za a iya gudanar da bincike don tantance abubuwan da aka sani game da wannan abu na musamman dangane da launi, zane, da kayan ado. Mataki na gaba a kimantawa wani yana buƙatar bincike na farashin kwanan nan. Wasu 'ya'yan itacen gilashi na farko da ƙananan gilashi na iya sayar da su cikin dubban.
Kada ka bari halayen halayen wasu rarities sun tsorata ka ko da yake. Za ku sami ƙarin Fenton guda da yawa fiye da $ 100 kowace. Yawancin ɓangarori suna sayar dasu kamar $ 10-20, don haka dole ne a bincika kowanne ɗayan su don ƙayyade darajar. Za a iya tattara kyawawan ɗakunan Fenton sosai sosai ga masu goyon baya da ke jingina zuwa kasafin kuɗi.
Ƙarshen Era
Bayan shafuwa tare da matsalolin kudi na shekaru masu yawa, kamfanin nan na gida ya rufe ƙofofi a 2011. A matsayin mafi girma a cikin gilashin launin launin fata a kasar, ma'aikatar Fenton ita ce cibiyar yawon shakatawa a yankin West Virginia. bayar da kayan gine-gine, sayar da kaya a kowace shekara, da gidan kayan gargajiyar da aka cika da gilashi mai kyau ga baƙi wanda ba shakka za su rasa wannan masaukin ba.