Bidspirit auction | Fenton Art Glass Cobalt Blue

Fenton Art Glass Cobalt Blue Hand Painted Nativity Scene Limited Edition Plate - This decorative American art glass plate is crafted from transparent cobalt blue glass and features a complex openwork border characterized by pierced heart-shaped motifs and radiating ribs. The central well is decorated with a hand-painted scene titled the Annunciation to the Shepherds, rendered in textured enamel. The illustration depicts an angel in flight above a landscape where two shepherds, one holding a crook and the other a staff, attend to two grazing sheep under a celestial night sky punctuated by stars. The reverse of the plate bears multiple identifiers. A white oval adhesive label is printed with a stylized F logo and reads FENTON Handpainted in USA. Handwritten in white enamel on the glass are the date 1999, the phrase Hand Painted by, and the signature S. Stephens. Additionally, the piece is marked with a limited edition number in white enamel reading # 216 / 2500. Diameter: 8 inches.