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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

RUBY STAIN GLASS, MINI-JUG, FLEET WEEK SOUVENIR, 1908

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c. 1908

Overview

A pressed glass pitcher shaped mini-jug with a pronounced flared spout and finely tapered waist, the upper part is ruby-stain glass etched to clear with a clear glass handle. The jug has a decorative patterned clear glass base known as "Button Arches".

Historical information

This type of etched to clear ruby-stain glass was popular souvenir ware in the USA from 1890 - 1920s. The clear glass was coated with a chemical salt solution containing copper sulphide and baked in a kiln, turning the coating bright ruby red. The stain is then had etched to create a personalised memento of and occasion or event.

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cwa-org-51-2020.1

Item type

Themes

Art and Design
Social History
War and Conflict

Material

Borosilicate Glass

Width

96 mm

Height or length

100 mm

Depth

60 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Etched around the body of the jug -
To Mother from Ina
- . - Fleet Week
Albany 1908

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Albany Historical Society Inc

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