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Opalescent glass is generally a piece of clear or colored piece of glass that has a milk white trim and an accented
pattern design. When held to a powerful sunlight, the glass will give off a warm glow, reminiscent of an opal, hence the name. This effect of opalescent glass is created by the glass artisan by applying a layer of clear glass over the original piece, then firing
it once or twice. Most of the major U.S. glass makers still offer some opalescent glass pieces; the most notable of those is
the Fenton.
The Fenton Glass Company of West Virginia still offers some of the higher quality pieces. People sometimes confuse the term
opalescent with the word iridescence. Iridescence normally refers to the rainbow effect that carnival glass gives off under
strong light. The example to the left is an opalescent piece from the Fenton Glass Company. The example to the right is
an example of carnival glass and its iridescent rainbow.
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