TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome!   (home)     
How to Navigate the site & What to expect from it
Index-Table of Contents
Acknowledgments & Dedications
Introduction to Online Fenton Hen and Rooster Collecting
  • Time-line of Fenton Hen on Nest Forms
  • Buyers Beware!
  • Meet the Queens of the Fenton Curio Coop
  • Fenton Labels, Logos, Ware Numbers and the Secondary Market
  • Embedded Logos
  • Decade Indicators
  • Other Permanent Marks and Sandblasting of logos by Fenton
  • Tips for the online collector

About the 250 non-Fenton Covered Glass Hen on Nest Forms
Distinguishing Features and Characteristics of Fenton's Hen on Nest Forms/Moulds
Glass Colors & Types
  • Transparent
  • Opaque
  • Milk Glass
  • Carnival
  • Opalescent
  • Iridized
  • Satin
  • Decorated
  • Burmese

Fenton Hen on Nest Forms/Moulds Features (until sections below are up)
  • Chicken Server, ware # 5188, (and 5187 for Milk Glass), YOP: 1952*-1958*
  • Reissued in 1996 as the Hen Egg Plate
  • 8" Hen on smooth rim Nest, ware # 5183, YOP: 1953-1957
  • 8" Hen on scallop rim Nest, ware #5182, YOP: 1967-still in production
  • 5" Hen on arched Nest, ware #5186, YOP: 1968-still in production
  • Hen Egg Plate, ware #5188, a reissue of the Chicken Servers, YOP: 1996-still in production
  • 5" Chick on Nest, ware #5186,  YOP: 1953-not yet retired
  • 2.5" Mini Hen, ware #5211
  • Mini Chick, ware #5213

Fenton's Rulers of the Roost-all should be marked with embedded logos.
  • 8.5" Rooster Box # 4680, YOP: 1991-still in production
  • 4.5" Rooster Box # 6483, YOP: 2002-still in production. Has been produced by Fenton decorated only.
  • Standing 8.5" Rooster # 5257, 1996-still in production.
  • Standing 5.5" Rooster # 5292
  • Mini 2.75" Rooster # 5265
  • Sitting 3.5" Rooster # 5084
  • Chanticleer 10" Rooster, Periwinkle Blue undecorated, Ware # 5077 P2, YOP: 2004 only*

Decorated & Spring Collections
Special Orders
Photo Galleries
  • Chicken Server, # 5188 and # 5187 and Hen Egg Plate, ware #5188
  • 8" Hen on Smooth Rim Nest # 5183
  • 5" Chick on Nest #5185
  • 8" Hen on scallop rim Nest #5182
  • 5" Hen on Nest #5186
  • 2.5" Mini Hen # 5211
  • Mini Chick #5213
  • Decorated Themes
  • Special Hens and Roosters-not in-line

The L. G. Wright Hen on Nest Identity Crisis
Fenton related Links for Collectors
Glossary of glass related Terms and Acronyms commonly seen on the web's Secondary Market Venues
Links to online Fenton Dealers
Links to eBay Fenton Dealers & Sellers
Links to Online Secondary Market Venues
Bibliography
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