Scarce Fenton 1907-38 (Five Forty Nine) Vaseline Topaz Stretch Candlestick Set

Description

Here is are Scarce Fenton 1907-38 (Five Forty Nine) Vaseline Topaz Stretch Carnival Glass Candlestick Set. Each candlestick is 8 1/2" tall or high by 3 3/4" across the base by 2 1/4" across the top outside rim by 7/8" across the top opening were the candle goes in. There are three different Fenton but all look the same candlesticks and they are as follows: (1) Five Forty Nine is 8-8 1/2" tall with a 3 3/4" base, (2) Six Forty Nine is 10" tall with a 4" base, (3) Seven Forty Nine is 12" tall with a 5" Base.
This scarce set of candlesticks are Pre-owned by Me, I have been collecting Carnival Glass for over 45 years and in the near future my collection of over 650 plus pieces will be coming up for Auction. This Candlestick set is in Fantastic condition and has Brilliant color under a Blacklight with NO Chips, Cracks or Flea Bites. Most of the information I get for Fenton is from a Book I have is: Early Fenton Rarities 1907-1938.
Uranium glass
is also called vaseline glass
which has had uranium
, usually in oxide
diuranate
form, added to a glass mix before melting for colouration. The proportion usually varies from trace levels to about two percent uranium by weight, although some 20th-century pieces were made with up to 25 percent uranium.
The most common color of uranium glass is pale yellowish-green, which in the 1930s led to the nickname "Vaseline glass" based on a perceived resemblance to the appearance (which was a yellow-green color) of Vaseline
brand petroleum jelly
as formulated and commercially sold at that time. Specialized collectors still define Vaseline glass as transparent or semi-transparent uranium glass in this specific color.
Stretch Glass:  A strange name for such beautiful glassware! Stretch glass was made by a number of American glass factories from about 1912 to the early 1930's. It was either pressed or blown into molds. When the piece of glass was still hot from the mold, it was sprayed with metallic salts to give the surface iridescence. It was then reheated and "worked" in some way (flared out, cupped in or crimped, etc.). The working of the glass "stretched" the iridescent surface and produced an "onion skin" effect.
Some pieces of stretch glass will have very obvious "stretch marks." Other pieces that have not been worked as much will have very fine "stretch marks." Stretch glass differs from carnival glass in two distinct ways. Carnival glass was "worked" first and then iridized -- and carnival glass was heavily patterned while stretch glass has little or no pattern.
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