[Newspaper]
Publication: Vermont State Banner
Bennington, VT, United States
vol. 9, no. 51, p. 2, col. 4
Fenton's Patent Flint Enamel Ware,
From the Albany Atlas.
This article seems to have got into sudden and almost general demand, though it was only discovered last season and patented in November last. It is compose of flint, feldspar and quartz, without clay It is got up in all shades, representing Egyptian or Italian marble, tortoise shell agate, &c., and manufactured into a thousand articles of ornamental and domestic use, vases, candelabras, door-plates, jars down to spittoons.
It is claimed to be the most durable, strongest, handsomest, cheapest and the only truly fire-proof ware. An outer coating of enamel, as hard, polished, and brilliantly variegated as that of the deep sea shell, gives to the commonest articles a lustre and air of beauty.
Although, as we have said, it was only discovered last season and patented it November last, it has taken the premium: at the Fairs of the State Society and American Institute, and has been adopted by all the Hotels, at the Capitol, State Arsenal and other public places in and about the city—and wherever else it is known it is received with like favor.
Mr. Robert Freeman, of this city, the General Agent, a gentleman of well known enterprise, is prepared to dispose of rights for the vending of this beautiful production of art, in the various counties of this and in other States, on terms which will probably be found highly advantageous. The superiority of this ware must bring it into general use, making the patent a source of wealth to the inventor and those holding under him.
The ware is manufactured at Bennington, Vermont, and is the result of the research and laborious application of Mr. C. W. FENTON, who, in the course of his investigations, has discovered in the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire materials of a purity surpassing those of any other known locality, and in their combination has evinced a skill and inventive genius which reflect the highest credit upon him, and can scarcely fail to secure a reward to which first discoverers of even the most useful productions do not often attain.
The ware-room for the exhibition and sale of the articles to which we have alluded, will be found at No: 552 Broadway, where the public and all interested are invited to call.
In connection with the above, the Albany Evening Journal goes on to say:
"This beautiful Ware is attracting very general attention. The coloring is indescribably beautiful. The most delicate tints are obtained, and the peculiar mode of their application gives them permanence as enduring as flint itself. The most highly polished rose-wood, agate or marble, is not susceptible of a more exquisite finish than is given to the most common articles produced by this invention. If, instead of being as cheap as ordinary crockery, this ware was as expensive as the richest china, it would be adopted as the 'fashion.' But being cheap as well as ornamental, it will come into general use, wherever beauty combined with utility is appreciated.
Mr. Freeman, the general agent for this ware, has the tact, energy and enterprise necessary to push it into notice; and he is as happy to advance the fortunes of others as he is sure to make his own. Orders are coming rapidly from all parts of the Union, and we predict that the ingenious inventor will have his hands full to supply the demand, when the cheapness, excellence and beauty of the ware becomes generally known."
