2740 CR Fenton Cranberry Heart Optic Trinket Box
This is a Fenton cranberry opalescent trinket box with heart optic.
Made for Fenton’s Sentiment Collection, Valentine’s Day 1993.
From Fenton’s 1993 Sentiments Collection brochure:
”Cranberry Opalescent
Heart Optic
Limited to Sales through February 14, 1993
These special Valentine's limited editions begin with Gold Ruby glass made with pure gold. It is encased in a layer of French Opalescent glass and then blown into an optic mould to provide the heart pattern. The heart pattern protrudes and when reheated, the outer portions of the pattern receive more heat than the sunken areas, causing the molecules to grow and turn white. The piece is then reheated and blown into the final forming mould.”
From John Walk’s fenton Glass Compendium:
”First issued in 1992 as part of the Sentiments collection for Valentines Day, the Heart Optic pattern in Cranberry has become a favorite of Fenton Collectors. Each piece was issued for that year only, and was only available for several months at the beginning of each year. Those pieces quickly were snatched up by collectors and are now quite scarce today. ”
Tiny flea bite on rim, I tried to show in last photo, but it’s barely visible.
Measures approximately 5 inches tall.