Below are
photos taken in November, 2006 during a trip to Arizona and Southern
California where we shopped for glass only parts
of 4 days.
We probably went to about 20 shops altogether some
of which had no glass whatsoever. And
this is not nearly all the cases of purple EAPG we saw. I didn't have
my camera with me all the time. But
it will give those who have not experienced seeing case after case after shelf
of pattern glass that has been purposely turned purple. These are not
pieces that someone's Granny left in a sunny window. They are much darker
color than can be achieved with window exposure over several years. A friend
(and EAPG Society member) told us that he recently attended an antiques Show
in California and saw over 600 pieces of 'sun purple' pattern glass at the
Show.
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The above deep purple EAPG is different from "sun purple". It
had probably been
irradiated with X-Rays -
we've
not sure how exactly, but it was shocking to see how much this
technique is now in use to alter the color of pattern & other glass.
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REMEMBER,
THESE CASES WERE ALL SEEN IN 4 PARTIAL DAYS OF SHOPPING & I DIDN'T
HAVE MY CAMERA TO PHOTOGRAPH ALL OF THEM 11/06
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