Fenton welcomes English collectors

Originally published in the Marietta Times, Marietta, OH

On Monday, Fenton Art Glass will welcome about two dozen visitors from England.

The group of avid glass collectors — which includes author Charles Hajdamach and glassmaker Richard Golding, who operates the Okra Glass studio in Stourbridge, England — will be in the United States. for more than a week, touring glass-related sites in Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Corning, N.Y.

“The group will tour our plant in the morning,” said Fenton Associate Historian James Measell, “and I’ve arranged for them to meet with our sculptor, one of our mouldmakers, and our glass chemist. The group is really anxious to visit Fenton because there is nothing like our glass factory tour available in England.”

After spending most of the day at Fenton, the group will go to Campus Martius Museum in Marietta to see the special exhibit of British pressed glass and to enjoy a “tea time” reception.