Topic: Forgive my ignorance but!!!!

[turnip45]

Forgive my ignorance but, would this vase/goblet/? be classed as "cranberry"?  I have no knowledge whatsoever on the latter being so absorbed with Whitefriars/Frank Thrower etcetera, I tend to exclude other manufactureres and colours.  However, the enclosed caught my attention in the local charity shop because of it's unusual colour and sturdiness so, I popped in and bought it (all in a good cause).  The weight is 225 grams & the height is 17 Cm's high: width at the brim 6 Cm's.  The stem is thick and sturdy and gently swirls up into 6 glass claws.  The body colour emerges from the stem.  The pattern at the base is like a vertical 'pea' design melting into a gentle twisting swirl to the top.  The vase was desperate for a bath and still could do with another good soak.  There is the usual rim wear to the base.  It's impossible to reproduce the correct colour, however, the image is pretty close.

[Sklounion]

Dependent on the country of origin, amethyst, aubergine, violet are three that spring to mind.
Cranberry can be deep red through to a lightish pink....
Regards,
Marcus

[David E]

Have a look on eBay, under the Cranberry section:

Cranberry

[Lustrousstone]

I'd go with amethyst and probably Italian mainland. Think cranberry juice for cranberry

[turnip45]

Thank you for the comments, they are much appreciated.    I did check on ebay and thought the colour similar to a couple of pieces for sale, however, colours differ so much on images, one can never be sure and I aren't very good at matching colours.   Still, I think it's a very nice piece whatever it's origin.  It would be lovely if it was somewhere significant.

[David E]

There isn't really a standard Cranberry colouration - I believe the differences is due to the amount of gold chloride included in the glass mix: more gold will produce a deeper red until it becomes 'ruby'.

Ivo Haanstra's essential book refers to Cranberry as "dark red transparent colour"

Glass Fact File A-Z
ISBN-10: 1-84000-429-0

I personally prefer the deeper rose-pink colour, rather than the more insipid pale-pink glass.

[Anne]

It looks aubergine on my screen... 

[David E]

Looks purple to me

[Pip]

On my screen it looks most definitely purple - I'd call it amethyst.  I always thought Cranberry was a pinky red colour.

[Anne]

It is pinky red... http://www.cranberryglass.co.uk/