A 4 7/8 inch tall beautiful RED RUBY flashed antique glass with a light PURPLE AMETHYST colored base from old HAWLEY MINNESOTA. Note that the body is flashed RUBY RED but the bottom portion is antique Sun Colored Amethyst = SCA. This is an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE Early American Pattern Glass (EAPG) cup, dating back to the late 1800s - early 1900s, well over 100 YEARS old.
A super ornate looking Early American Pattern Glass (EAPG) cup from old time Hawley Minnesota. Back in the day souvenirs like this were often won, sold in small businesses, or sold at a tourist stands during the exposition. The wording on this cup is engraved or etched in a gray or silver leaf etching across the flashed glass which gives it a very appealing look against the red color and amethyst tinted base. You hear about old glass turning purple ... this amethyst color is the result of it being blown with glass that had manganese added to it. Manganese is a mineral that was pulverized and added to vats of liquid glass, to make the glass crystal clear, otherwise it is naturally a deep aqua marine color. Only clear glass from before 1915 had manganese in it. When exposed to sunlight the manganese starts to oxidize and turns a nice amethyst or lavender color, the result of a chemical reaction. The longer it is in the sun light, the darker purple it turns. A glass item has to be old enough to begin with, as with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1915 had manganese in it. With the start of WWI, manganese was no longer available as foreign imports decreased and domestic resources turned towards the war effort. NO MORE purple glass after 1915! Not only does this amethyst color add to its look, but it also authenticates it as truly being antique, check it out!
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