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Blown Amberina

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glasswizard:
Grape and cable hatpin holder in Rubina Verde, The mind boggles!!!!! I had at one time a Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. Hobnail pitcher in Rubina Verde and to say the colors were "loud" would be an understatement. It definately showed the plated affect as I remember, the vaseline just stopped and the ruby top started with a clearly defined line. It was one of those pieces that you say to yourself "Thank goodness that sold." Terry

KevinH:
If it was made by Thomas Webb, I would say it is "Alexandrite" - the "tri-coloured, amber-rose-violet" I mentioned in the heat-sensitive topic that Sue linked to above. But I don't think the vase has the Webb quality I would usually expect.

It might be, confusingly (as pointed out by Glen and Terry in reference to the Revi book), an item produced under Locke's "amberina" patent that provided for the "... development of a violet shade ...", but not as a "plated ware" as Revi sates in the part quoted by Glen.

The vase does not seem to be "plated", in other words, having an applied separate colour. Therefore the blue (violet) at the rim is the result of that part receiving a further reheating after the initial reheating had produced the "amberina" colouring.

Or, I suppose it could have been intended a basic "amberina" piece but that the rim received just enough extra heat to cause it to strike the "rose" into "violet". A bit like the sort of pleasant "accident" that first resulted in two and three coloured pieces through reheating? Could that possible, or going back to sqaure one, would it have been a planned result having mixed the batch to produce exactly that colouring?

glasswizard:
Kev, I agree with the Webb assessment. After doing some research and seeing pictures of Webb Alexandrite I came to one certain conclusion. The amber part of mine is too dark. Webb's is such a soft light amber. Also quality is lacking in mine.
What does not show very well in my picture is the diamond optic. So taking different factors into consideration IMHO this is a piece that to me becomes a good example of the striking of colors and I suspect that the finished article was not fully what was intended, this of course is just a suspicion. I also get the impression that this color is not something I will run into very often, so a good example to keep. Terry

Connie:
Terry - I think your piece may also be an Murano reproduction due to the thickness of the glass.

Do a search  on my shop for amberina.  I now think that the tumbler I have is also a Murano reproduction.  I think the plate may be real.  I also had a finger bowl which was authentic Victorian (I think) and the glass was much thinner and has a fully polished pontil mark.

The coloration of all 3 of my pieces were very similar. The bowl has sold so I can't do a side by side comparison.  But they are all what is referred to as fuschia amberina.

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