| A seldom seen pattern, Briar Patch gets little attention because so few people recognize it. It is much like Fenton's other hat shapes but has four groups of berries or briars at the very edge and four more toward the center--separated by a textured band. There is an octagonal base that rises to flutes on the back. Even auctioneers usually miss this one, often identifying it as Blackberry Spray. I have records of only 4 selling in recent years, all blue: one in 1995 for $130, one in 1998 for $90, another in 2001 that brought $35, and the fourth in 2006 for $75. In 2005 I got a note from a reader who said he had bought one on eBay, listed as a Blackberry bowl, for $31.
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