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Anyone seen any ruby glass 19th century from Whitefriars or Powells?

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catshome:
Oooh......looks much better in colour!

flying free:
It's interesting re the date and the style of it.

Salviati started in 1859.

flying free:
No 57 in this link catalogue - a ruby glass scent bottle with dented sides

description says:

'Harry Powell 1853–1922
57 Scent bottle, c.1901
Ruby red glass, dented body with silver collar and stopper,
hallmark for William Hutton & Sons, 1901
Height 9¼ in · 23.5 cm
Exhibited: London, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1916 (C5), same
shape exhibited'

https://thefineartsociety.com/usr/library/documents/main/the-john-scott-collection-whitefriars-glass-vol-4-2014.pdf

No 69 is outside 19th century being c.1910 but is a pretty beautiful piece of glass - definitely worth looking at :)

This link shows the collection in the British Museum.  No red as far as I could find:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?people=80930&peoA=80930-2-37

flying free:
I've just come across a piece of writing from H. J. Powell B.A. in the Scientific American Vol XI Jan-Jun 1881 page 4699.  It's a long article but this information/quote  is found in the middle column of that page:

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Scientific_American/EhI8AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=uranium+in+glass+H+J+powell&pg=PA4699&printsec=frontcover

Where H.J. Powell B.A. says in the article
quote
'Bohemian glass, in addition to the silicates of sodium, potassium and calcium, contains traces of the silicates of magnesium, and aluminium.  It is fusible  easily manipulated, and develops, with the sub-oxide of copper, a ruby colour, which cannot be attained with a glass containing silicate of lead.'



I'm not sure I understand this correctly, not being a glassmaker or scientist.  Does it mean that copper ruby cannot be attained with lead glass?

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