I first heard about Eric Weber from a Fenton eGroup chat board member who happened to mention a new exclusive in Lotus Mist Burmese, the Epergne as shown on the left with a violets decoration highlighted with a Bumble Bee. At first, I thought the pieces may have been done by a independent artist. But after finding Eric's "Emporium" web site and corresponding with him directly, I soon found out that the Epergne's were indeed decorated by Fenton, and designed by Beverly Cumberledge. Soon, I had my order in for the Epergne, and was pleasantly surprised when it finally arrived.

private glass collection which included many Levay items and also Dorothy Taylor and Mary Walrath items. I had spoken with Mr. Frank Fenton several times gathering information about what it was that I was selling. By a strange twist of fate it turns out that Mr. Fenton's sister was the wife of the minister of our church from my childhood and my Mother was a casual acquaintance of hers. Anyway, I came up with my idea and Fenton and I worked on it from there."

  Eric initially ordered 65 Epergnes, but only about 49 made it out of production. Eric's next project was a Lotus Mist vase shown here on the right. He initially planned for 120 of the vases, but only 60 were actually produced. I think Eric found that selling exclusives wasn't as easy as he first envisioned.