Lets talk about Cranberry Glass!

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Permalink Reply by Holly Lane Antiques on October 5, 2011 at 11:38am

I have a question -

is cranberry glass the same thing as ruby glass?

if not - how do you tell the difference?

 

Thanks!

Marie

Permalink Reply by Catisfaction on October 5, 2011 at 11:43am

As far as I'm aware Cranberry glass has more of a purple tint to the red color. Let me see if I have any photos handy for some comparisons.

Permalink Reply by CheriShops - Admin on October 5, 2011 at 11:59am

I love cranberry glass!

 

Not being "expert" in this area, I think that the only difference in ruby vs cranberry glass is the amount of gold chloride added?

The Glass Encyclopedia has some basic info

http://www.glassencyclopedia.com/cranberryglass.html

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Catisfaction on October 5, 2011 at 12:06pm

 

 

So here we have 4 examples of red glass.

 

The first piece is very much Ruby Glass. You can still see some of the amber colour coming through. Ruby glass is made from yellowish/amber glass which is then reheated (restruck) and it's this additional head that causes it to turn Ruby.

This is how we get Amberina glass too, they simply only put a portion of the glass back in the fire and hence only colour a portion of the piece ruby and leave the rest a yellowish amber.

 

The second piece is a piece of Murano glass, I would call this Cranberry. The color is more transluscent than the ruby glass and it has a slightly purple tone to the red.

The same goes for the third piece. I believe this is a piece of Pilgrim cranberry glass if memory serves correctly. Again you can see the pinkish/purply color that the red has rather than the solid ruby color of the last piece.

 

The fourth piece is a piece of Rainbow glass. You can't see it in this photo but this piece also has a slight amber ring about the top from the restriking process.

 

Hopefully that gives a fairly clear example of the difference in color tones :) Let me know if you have any other questions.

Permalink Reply by Catisfaction on October 5, 2011 at 12:10pm

Oh perfect!

Thanks Cheryl :)

I was just about to go hunt down that information myself :) yay Teamwork!

Permalink Reply by Catisfaction on October 5, 2011 at 12:22pm

Ooh I just found this old photo lurking in my photobucket.

 

Eye Candy moment!

 

 

Permalink Reply by Holly Lane Antiques on October 6, 2011 at 7:14am

Thanks! Appreciated!

Permalink Reply by COBAYLEY on October 6, 2011 at 4:14pm

This is a wonderful conversation...I'm going to learn something.  I bought a beautiful pitcher over the past weekend and I'd love to share it here and ask questions..I hope that is OK..

Permalink Reply by CheriShops - Admin on October 6, 2011 at 9:39pm

look forward to seeing the pitcher Carolyn :)

 

all photos of our items are a-ok in  the groups...just not links to them "for sale" ;-)

Permalink Reply by COBAYLEY on October 6, 2011 at 11:41pm

Thank you.. The vase is about 9 3/8 inches tall.  Rough pontil...any information would be very much appreciated.   

Permalink Reply by CheriShops - Admin on October 7, 2011 at 11:11am

oh that is lovely!

 

The pattern would be a diamond quilted, and the rim sure looks Fentonesque, but I don't think I have ever seen Fenton with that daisy style base and elevated pontil....maybe Victorian British?  Not my area of expertise but oh so gorgeous!!

Permalink Reply by jacque merritt on October 14, 2011 at 7:30pm

Just to stir the pot a very small bit, how does pigeon blood glass fit into this conversation of red glass?  Usually had seen term applied to  victorian and earlier red glass that had a deep red color  but usually was not perfectly uniform. Could be completely off, of course, but would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this.  thanks,  jacque

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