Fenton Art Glass Company

Type	Private company
Founded	Martins Ferry, Ohio (1905)
Location	Williamstown, West Virginia, USA
Employees	400
Website	http://www.fentonartglass.com

Fenton Art Glass Company is the largest manufacturer of handmade colored glass in the United States. A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Martins Ferry is a city located in Belmont County, Ohio. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Williamstown is a city located in Wood County, West Virginia. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ...

The Fenton Art Glass Company was founded in 1905 by Frank L. Fenton and his brother John W. Fenton in an old glass factory building in Martins Ferry, Ohio. They began by painting decorations on glass blanks made by other glass manufacturers. Soon, being unable to get the glass they needed, they decided to produce their own glass. The first glass from the new Fenton factory in Williamstown, West Virginia, was made on January 2, 1907. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Martins Ferry is a city located in Belmont County, Ohio. ... Williamstown is a city located in Wood County, West Virginia. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Frank L. Fenton's desire to develop new and unusual colors helped to keep Fenton in the forefront of the handmade art glass industry. During the years from 1905 to the 1920's, Fenton design was heavily influenced by the artists at Tiffany and Steuben. In late 1907, Fenton introduced iridescent glass. This glass, now known as carnival glass, is a popular collectible today. Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) circa 1908 Louis Comfort Tiffanys The tree of life stained glass Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 - January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who is best known for his work in stained glass and is the American artist most associated with... Steuben Glass Works is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Fredrick C. Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Carnival glass is an inexpensive pressed glass, made as both functional and ornamental objects, mostly iridescent and of deep amethyst colour. ...

During the 1930's and 1940's, Fenton produced practical items, such as mixing bowls and tableware to get through the great depression and WWII shortages. They continued working on developing a wide array of new colors. In the late 1940's, the top three members of the Fenton management team died, leaving Frank M. Fenton, age 33, and Wilmer C. (Bill) Fenton, age 25, to step in and take over as President and Vice President. In spite of other glass factories closing at a rapid rate, Frank and Bill led the Fenton factory through significant American growth for the next 30 years. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children, age 32, in Nipomo, California, March 1936. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

In 1986, the leadership of the company passed on to the third generation, with George W. Fenton, Frank M's son, taking over as President. Today nine Fenton family members work together along with over 400 employees to create handmade glass artistry that is loved by collectors around the world. Fenton is known for its beautiful colors and patterns. Each piece of glass is an artistic creation by skilled glassworkers and decorators. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...