Fenton Thumbprint Ruby 8 1/2" Plate - Awesome Color

Description

Fenton
#
4417
Ruby Thumbprint 8 1/2" Plate
COMPANY / MAKER
The Fenton Art Glass Company
PATTERN:
Thumbprint
ITEM:
#4417 8 1/2" Plate
CIRCA:
1966 - 1970
COLOR:
Ruby
MEASUREMENT:
8 1/2" D.
CONDITION:
Our beautiful Fenton Ruby Thumbprint  8 1/2" plate  is in
Undamaged Condition without chips, cracks, or mold damage.
The plate is free of scratching and scuff marks.  The ruby color is awesome. We have duplicates of this lovely plate.  All of them are in the same
Undamaged Condition
as the one shown.  Please check the listing to see how many of these are still available.
Thumbprint
- (Crystal, Black, Colonial Amber, Colonial Blue, Colonial Pink, Milk Glass, Orange, and Ruby, Topaz Opalescent, Red Slag, Green Opalescent with a Cobalt Crest). The thumbprint pattern was introduced into the Fenton general line in July of 1962. The first colors were Colonial Amber, Blue, and Pink. In 1963 Colonial Orange and Colonial Green were added to the line. Ruby came along in 1966, and black debuted in 1958. A hand-painted White Dasies decoration on black was available on four Thumbprint shapes from 1972 through 1976. In addition two other shapes--- an egg and a candy ---- were hand painted with this white floral decoration. Pieces were constantly added to the expand the line through 1968.  Thumbprint was a large set which included a complete dinnerware line with tons of accessories. After 1968 the the number of pieces of Thumbprint in the line began to decrease. The last item, a basket was introduced into the line in 1980. In addition to the Thumbprint colors and shapes made for Fenton's regular line, Fenton also made Thumbprint in milk. All of that production was for the Old Virginia Line during the 1950s, before Thumbprint entered the regular Fenton line.
A few pieces in topaz opalescent were also distributed in the Old Virgina Line.  A topaz opalescent covered candy and a chip and dip set have also surfaced, but they appear to be scarce.. It is not known for sure if they were ever a part of the Old Virginia Line.
Most of the pieces in Fenton's regular line were discontinued by the mid 1970s. Several pieces of the line were reintroduced in 1985. A red slag epergne was made for the LeVay Distributing Company. In late 1985 five items were made as part of an assortment of items in Green Opalescent with a Cobalt Crest. In 1999 a small No. 3360- 41/2" Cranberry pitcher with a clear ribbed handle was in the line for one year.
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