Vintage Millersburg Carnival Glass, Rays And Ribbons Ruffled Bowl 9 1/2"

Vintage Millersburg Carnival Glass, Rays And Ribbons Ruffled Bowl 9 1/2" Measures 9 1/2" diameter x 3" high Millersburg Glass Company was founded in 1908 and it went against the trend of locating in the Ohio Valley. Picture instead, the low rolling hills and beautiful pastoral countryside in the centre of the Amish heartland of scenic Holmes County. It was the brain-child of John W. Fenton (the brother of Frank L. Fenton with whom he had worked the Fenton Art Glass Company). John Fenton's crusade to produce fabulous glassware began in this idyllic spot - shown above - where the stack of the newly built Millersburg Glass Plant dominated the rolling landscape of Ohio. Yet, it ended just four years later. Millersburg Glass Company was extremely short-lived and it still has an air of mystery about it. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1911 and closed the following year. The high quality of their glass, the short period of production and the difficulties of the latter years have all combined to make much of Millersburg’s Carnival Glass somewhat scarce and much sought-after.