Pisello Art Glass & Greentown Museum
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GLASS<br />
PISELLO ART<br />
GLASS &<br />
GREENTOWN<br />
MUSEUM<br />
ANIMAL<br />
COVERED <br />
DISHES*<br />
IDENTIFICATION GUIDE<br />
*CHICKENS NOT INCLUDED<br />
<br />
JENNIFER PATTON
ABOUT ME<br />
Hi! My name is Jen and this is a little bit about myself. First, I must say this project was a lot of fun.<br />
Like a book from my gradeschool years lol. I don’t know if children today still do book reports, but when<br />
I was in school, they were required and boy did I dread reading the assigned books then having to<br />
summarize them! I loved reading books that interested me and hopefully this will interest you. I created<br />
it for anyone that needs help with identification. For the novice glass collectors that buy animal covered<br />
dishes because they fall in love with the way they look or the type of animals they are, or simply for<br />
their colors. For the avid collectors who enjoy buying a few of each animal regardless of the maker. For<br />
the veteran collectors who may have hundreds of glass dishes who never cease to amaze me with their<br />
beautiful collections. For the people that have inherited or purchased someone’s entire collection or<br />
part of a collection and need help to identify things. For the people like me that are meticulous about<br />
every detail needing to label things and just absolutely need to know the whats, whens, whos, hows and<br />
whys of the animal dishes they own. For me, what started with one Asian yellow stained glass bunny on<br />
a nest, has flourished into a full blown collection of hundreds of mixed and matched animal covered<br />
“candy” dishes of all glass types and colors. No particular glass maker, just everything I can’t live<br />
without. LOL. Anyone that knows me would tell you that I stop at nothing, studying book after book<br />
searching for answers about my own glass animals until I find them. I have never been satisfied with a<br />
mystery….unless it involves me watching Columbo, my lifelong favorite television program! I am a<br />
mystery solver... a true detective. I get this from my Mother, Cindy -Sultana- Wheatley. I need to get to<br />
the bottom of a piece of unidentified glass. It drives me bananas not to know everything I can about<br />
each piece that I own. Next, I will tell you that the monetary value of my glassware means nothing to<br />
me. I collect it because I love it. However, unique and rare is always a find! Sure, like every collector, I<br />
love a bargain and have had to pass up many pieces that I could not afford. Ooooh the ones that got<br />
away. They haunt me. I can assure you that when I get a new addition to my collection, it has found its<br />
forever home. Someone before me and usually possibly before them owned these animal covered<br />
dishes making a kind of history that I can only imagine in my mind, its importance to each person. There<br />
is a reason behind every single glassware in every single dwelling. <strong>Glass</strong> symbolizes many things. It is<br />
proudly displayed. It is important to the person who owns it. I enjoy seeing the happiness glassware<br />
brings to people, especially these animal covered dishes. Who doesn’t love animals? I also enjoy seeing<br />
my collection knowing these pieces of history live on and hope that when I am long gone, they will be in<br />
other homes. My glass brings me peace; most peaceful in the evenings when the cabinet lights are on<br />
and the glass does its natural thing; what it was intended to do since the day it was made...look pretty! <br />
To me, it is reminiscent of having a year round Christmas Tree. <strong>Glass</strong> is AMAZING! I am a country girl<br />
through and through. I love all things nature. I am an avid bird watcher and an all around animal lover. I<br />
live in the beautiful state of Kentucky with my husband and our two dogs, Monkey and Johnnie, who by<br />
the way, is named after my all time favorite singer, Johnny Cash.
<strong>Glass</strong> Animal Covered Dishes © Jennifer Patton<br />
glass animal covered dishes<br />
by Jennifer Patton:<br />
pisello art glass<br />
& <strong>Greentown</strong> museum<br />
copyright © 2022 by Jennifer Patton<br />
All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced without<br />
written permission from the copyright holder.<br />
No parts of this work may be reproduced for financial gain by anyone<br />
other than the copyright holder.
© <strong>Glass</strong> Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
Page 1<br />
<strong>Pisello</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Glass</strong><br />
"Flipper" Miniature Dolphin<br />
The mini Dolphin nicknamed "Flipper" was poured by Mosser <strong>Glass</strong> for<br />
<strong>Pisello</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Glass</strong>. These <strong>Greentown</strong> souvenirs were first sold by <strong>Pisello</strong><br />
<strong>Art</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> of La Porte, Indiana and were dated and signed inside the lid.<br />
The date changed each year. Originals were limited in number and only a<br />
few colors were made. Lid marked PISELLO and the year made. Arkie<br />
<strong>Pisello</strong> sold mini dolphins between 1982-'84. The mold was sold to the<br />
<strong>Greentown</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> in 1994. The museum reintroduced the mini dolphin<br />
in many new colors. Boyd's <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> poured the mold for the museum.<br />
<strong>Museum</strong>'s "Flipper" lids read GREENTOWN SOUVENIR or GREENTOWN<br />
SOUVENIR 1894-1903, representing<br />
the years <strong>Greentown</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> was in<br />
business. 3 1/2" long x 2 1/2" high.<br />
No known reproductions<br />
PISELLO COLORS:<br />
1982 Chocolate, 1200 made<br />
1983 Chocolate, 1000 or less<br />
1983 Marigold Carnival, 1000 or less<br />
1983 Golden Agate, an imitation of<br />
original <strong>Greentown</strong> color<br />
created by Jacob Rosenthal,<br />
1000 or less<br />
1983 Vaseline, 1000 or less<br />
1983 Red Carnival, 1000 or less<br />
1983-'84 Green slag, 1000 or less<br />
<strong>Pisello</strong> lid<br />
1983<br />
Cindy Wheatley<br />
GREENTOWN MUSEUM COLORS:<br />
Clear<br />
Amber Iridescent<br />
Green Amberina<br />
Blue<br />
Cobalt Blue<br />
Chocolate (lighter than <strong>Pisello</strong>)<br />
Chocolate or White Milk <strong>Glass</strong><br />
with Christmas Decoration (150 each)<br />
Many other colors SEE NEXT PAGE<br />
Green Slag Chocolate Golden Agate<br />
<strong>Pisello</strong> "Flipper" photos by Jennifer Patton
© <strong>Glass</strong> Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
Page 2<br />
pisello art glass<br />
"flipper" miniature dolphin<br />
Chocolate Dolphin<br />
Photos byJoanne, ebay: muckin_0<br />
Green and Blue Dolphin<br />
JP<br />
Photos by Joanne, ebay: muckin_0<br />
1894-1903 Years of<br />
<strong>Greentown</strong> operation<br />
Christmas Dolphin Photos by Joanne, ebay: muckin_0<br />
Clear & Amberina Dolphin Photos by Joanne, ebay: muckin_0<br />
Christmas Dolpin
© <strong>Glass</strong> Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
Page 3<br />
PISELLO ART GLASS<br />
"FLIPPER" MINIATURE DOLPHIN<br />
Photos by Judy West Horner<br />
Courtesy of the <strong>Greentown</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>
© <strong>Glass</strong> Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
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PISELLO ART GLASS<br />
"FLIPPER" MINIATURE DOLPHIN<br />
<strong>Pisello</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> was a wholesaler, they did not produce glass.
© <strong>Glass</strong> Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
Page 5<br />
<strong>Pisello</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Glass</strong><br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY: <strong>Pisello</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Glass</strong>:<br />
Periodical: <strong>Glass</strong> Review, March 1983, Volume 13, Number 2-<br />
YEARS/COLORS<br />
Periodical: <strong>Glass</strong> Review, December 1983, Volume 13, Number 10-<br />
PISELLO AD AND COLORS<br />
Newsletter: 1994 newsletter of Collectible Carnival <strong>Glass</strong> Association <br />
www.carnivalglassclubs.com/Books/<strong>Pisello</strong>121994CCGA.pdf -VERIFIED<br />
THE COLORS THAT I FOUND IN GLASS REVIEW<br />
gREENTOWN GLASS MUSEUM<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY: <strong>Greentown</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>:<br />
Correspondence: with Judy West Horner at the museum-BOYD INFO,<br />
MOLD INFO, AND PHOTOS<br />
Thank you for your permissions!<br />
<strong>Greentown</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />
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