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Betty:
Hi, I'm new to this board and am hoping someone can help me. I was given a small red glass dish by my grandmother and someone mentioned to me that it may be ruby glass. Is there any charecteristics I could look for to identify whether it is?

Thank you very much for your help.

Ivo:
It is very likely either copper flashed or Selenium glass - Ruby is an expensive procedure which was superseded by cheaper processes around 1830.
If you care to post a photograph we'll be glad to comment on that.

Adam:
I'm puzzled by this query and by your answer, Ivo.  All my life, in my various necks of the woods, the word "ruby" has been used as an alternative to "red" for any glass of that colour even if it were made yesterday.  It is often qualified by a word indicating its composition, for example gold ruby, selenium ruby, or copper ruby.

Have I been missing something all these years or is this dependent upon where one lives?

Adam D.

Leni:
I always thought that 'ruby' was just a slightly deeper shade than 'cranberry' and that both were invented names for various shades of red or pink glass!   :shock:  :?

Pat:
That's what I thought Leni!

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