DEPRESSION FENTON DOLPHIN HANDLED VASELINE GREEN GLASS

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THIS IS A STUNNING VERY VASELINE LIME GREEN...PRE-DEPRESSION GLASS PEDISTAL-FOOTED CRIMPED BON BON BOWL WITH 2 DOLPHIN HANDLES ....IT WAS PRODUCED BY FENTON GLASS ART GLASS COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA IN 1927...... FENTON CALLED THIS FAN VASE #1502 "OVAL BON BON".....REFERENCED IN "FENTON GLASS-THE FIRST 25 YEARS" BY WILLAM HEACOCK ON PAGE 111...UNDER THE "STRETCH GLASS-FLORENTINE GREEN" COLOR..... MANUFACTURED IN 1927... A VERY SOFT IRRIDESCENT VASELINE LIME GREEN GLASS...HAS AN OPALESCENT LOOK WITH RAINBOWS OF COLOR ON THE GREEN... FOOTED, PEDISTAL HAS BEEN DISPLAYED AND STORED...NEVER USED CONDTION. THIS IS A WONDERFULLY MADE PIECE...VERY ELEGANT...SHE STANDS 5" TALL---SITS ON A ROUND FOOT BASE OF 3-1/2" IN DIAMETER WITH A MOUTH OF 7-3/4" ACROSS..... AND WEIGHS ALMOST 2 POUNDS.... MADE WITH A 2 PART MOLD WITH THE 2 DOLPHIN HANDLES APPLIED OVER THE ALMOST INVISIBLE MOLD LINES..... NO TABLE RUB MARKS--- NO FLEABITES, NICKS, CHIPS, OR REPAIRS....IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION......NO SCRATCHES OR RESIDUE---- A TRUE ART PIECE----GLOWS ON FIRE UNDER THE BLACKLIGHT ..... INSURANCE IS OPTIONAL, BUT HIGHLY SUGGESTED