Kanawha Glass is the West Virginia glass company for which we have the largest collection. My wife first saw their glass in the 1950's when she was a little girl. She liked it then. When Ebay came on the scene collecting more of it suddenly got easier 
Kanawha glass made many types of glass during their lifetime, but were especially known for their crackle glass. This glass is made by spraying hot glass with water to create fracture lines and then re-firing to fuse the cracked pieces.
Crackle glass make an especially pretty display when put in a south facing window that gets direct sunlight. The sunlight refracting from the fractures in the colored glass really lights up the room in an interesting way. Unlike many window decorations it will not be damaged by the sunlight.
KanawhaGlass.com showcases a reasonably extensive sample of our collection and we will be adding more to it as we get ready to downsize our collection. I think we can build it into the website with the most extensive identification and valuation aids online.
Kanawha is one of those difficult to spell words that sellers frequently mess up. We have had reasonable luck searching for "sleepers" using common misspellings. Below are three current Kanawha glass auctions.
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KANAWHA MILK WHITE GLASS BASKET |  |
0 Bid | US $8.99 | 4h 39m |
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ART GLASS GREEN HOBNIAL PITCHER JUG LARGE HOBS KANAWHA | |
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US $10.00 | 6h 16m |
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KANAWHA ART GLASS 2 PIECES | |
0 Bid | US $9.99 | 6h 21m |
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There is a beautiful blue glass handkerchief vase on the second shelf of the display cabinet in your photo. I have one just like it in white opalescent. Could you please tell me the manufacturer? Thanks!
It’s a piece of Fostoria in the heirloom pattern. It was produced between 1959 and 1970 in several colors; including white
Lovely page! My father was a foreman for Kanawha Glass from the date the doors opened until it closed. It was a sad day for the employees, their families and for the neighborhood when they sold to Dereume because the State wouldn’t give them a much needed energy break to help keep the fires burning. My passion is collecting Kanawha Glass. My five sisters and three brothers collect as well. If we put all of it together we would have some kind of showroom!!! I visited Fenton at Christmas time last year with my daughter, and I felt like a kid in a candy store! Such beauty in one place!! I am glad that your wife shares this love of Kanawha and all handcrafted glass too! MERRY CHRISTMAS!