Mid 20th Century Fenton Hobnail Amber Glass Table Lighter

Description

What a RARE and spectacular piece of art glass for your Fenton collection, cigar aficionado or smoker! Not many of … more What a RARE and spectacular piece of art glass for your Fenton collection, cigar aficionado or smoker! Not many of these around anymore, and not in this kind of condition. MCM table lighter (still with original Fenton sticker) appears to never have been used! Chrome lighter parts are pristine as is inside of lighter. The luscious color—called "Colonial Amber"—is truly stunning. Solid, hefty piece.

For more than 100 years, Fenton art glass was the largest manufacturer of handmade colored glass in the United States. Fenton glass works are renowned for innovative glass colors as well as hand-painted decorations on pressed and blown glassware.

In 1940, Fenton introduced Hobnail into their general line in Blue Opalescent, French Opalescent, Cranberry Opalescent and Green Opalescent. Many of these colors are still found in the secondary market and the homes of many collectors. The Hobnail pattern glass would become the top-selling line and allowed the Fenton company to exist during WWII and to expand after the war. less