Glass workers spent their “off” hours after completing their regular work schedule creating unusual glass objects known as whimsies. This includes candy-striped canes, paperweights, pipes, hats…the list goes on and on.
A whimsy can also be an item that is made out of a product that you
usually don’t see it made out of. This
can be something like a Fenton plate made out of hobnail pattern slag glass.
Whimsies were often taken home and given as gifts to family and
friends. They can rarely be attributed
to a specific glasshouse or glass worker.
Some say that color or style indicates region or factory, but no one has
come up with a perfect identification key other than to talk to the person that
actually made the piece.
Highly collectible and usually pricey, whimsies can be a fun
collectible. I have a great example of a
whimsy in my Etsy shop, which can be seen here.
What examples have you found?
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