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When Every Piece of Glass is a Carnival

Shimmering with luminescent colors on crisply molded shapes, carnival glass dazzles. Pieces were initially made to be attractive, functional, and affordable when Fenton Art Glass introduced them in 1907.

This new glassware became so popular that other American manufacturers soon developed competing lines to satisfy the enormous demand. Though carnival's “classic” period ended around

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