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GLASS<br />
JENNINGS<br />
RED BARN<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. Glass 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. Glass 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.
Glass Animal Covered Dishes © Jennifer Patton<br />
glass animal covered dishes<br />
by Jennifer Patton:<br />
jennings red bard<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 />
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jENNING'S rED bARN<br />
Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong> was not a glass company. It was a large gift shop whose<br />
specialty was selling glassware. Located in New Martinsville, West Virginia,<br />
<strong>Jennings</strong> opened for business in 1977. Owned by Don <strong>Jennings</strong> and his wife,<br />
this wonderful souvenier shop sold a bit of every type of glass imaginable. I've<br />
chosen to include them to my little books because in addition to having and<br />
selling the largest selection of early American glass under one roof, they also<br />
sold novelties such as animal covered dishes. L.G. Wright Glass company was<br />
nearby in the same town and Wright pieces were advertised in Jenning's trade<br />
catalogs. <strong>Jennings</strong> would place special orders to glass companies such as<br />
Westmoreland and Wright and would sell the glass pieces from their gift shop. <br />
Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong> went out of business shortly after Christmas in 1988.<br />
Photo of Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong><br />
on a postcard by Jennifer Patton<br />
Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong> Advertisement, 1982<br />
PHOTO, COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN<br />
GLASS IN WEST VIRGINIA, TOM FELT.<br />
Collection of Butterscotch Slag<br />
Iridescent 5" animal covered dishes<br />
produced for Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong> by<br />
Westmoreland, 1982 Cynthia Wheatley<br />
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
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© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
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JP<br />
Postcard<br />
with<br />
Description<br />
Photo of Glass displays for sale inside <strong>Jennings</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong><br />
Postcard photos courtesy of Jennifer Patton
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
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Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong> Catalog showing new 1984 LG Wright Animal Covered Dishes<br />
Jenning's <strong>Red</strong><br />
<strong>Barn</strong> Catalog<br />
showing a mix<br />
of LG Wright<br />
and<br />
Westmoreland<br />
and<br />
Kanahwa<br />
Animal Covered<br />
Dishes<br />
Photos are courtesy of Museum of American Glass of West Virginia, Tom Felt
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
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Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong> Catalog showing LG Wright Animal Covered Dishes<br />
1978 Glass Review<br />
Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong> Discontinued Items Catalog<br />
showing LG Wright Animal Covered Dishes<br />
Photos are courtesy of Museum of American Glass in West Virginia, Tom Felt
© Glass Animal Covered Dishes by Jennifer Patton<br />
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1978 Glass Review<br />
Jenning's <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong> LG Wright<br />
Purple Slag Turkey AD<br />
Photo courtesy of<br />
Nathan Taves & Don <strong>Jennings</strong>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY: <strong>Jennings</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Barn</strong>:<br />
Email correspondence with Tom Felt, Museum of American Glass in West<br />
Virginia-LG WRIGHT ADS FOR JENNINGS RED BARN<br />
Email correspondence with Authors Nathan Taves & Don <strong>Jennings</strong>-LG<br />
WRIGHT TURKEY AD PHOTO<br />
Online: www.opencorporates.com -JENNINGS RED BARN BUSINESS<br />
REGISTRY HISTORY / NAMES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS / YEARS IN<br />
BUSINESS<br />
Book: Kemple Glass 1945-1970 by John R. Burkholder and D. Thomas<br />
O’Connor, published by The Glass Press, Inc. dba Antique Publications,<br />
copyright 1997 Page 82-PHOTO PERMISSION BY DAUGHTER(S) OF<br />
BURKHOLDER, Page 118-DOLPHIN IN GRAY / DOLPHIN USED AT<br />
RESTAURANTS<br />
Thank you for your permissions!<br />
Nathan Taves and Don <strong>Jennings</strong><br />
Tom Felt<br />
ALL photo contributors
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