Ruby Stain Newsletter

Volume 3, Issue 1

OPTIC FLUTE
MFR: Imperial Glass Company
YOP: Circa 1902 to 1915+
NAME: By manufacturer.
OMN: No. 6
REF: Kamm Book 7, p. 45 & Plate 83.

There seems to be some confusion about the vertical panels differentiating No. 6 from No. 4. Some authors appear to place the flutes on the outside to the top of the pattern. [McCain, M.: Field Guide to Pattern Glass; Collector Books; 2000; p. 91.] Other than the name "Optic" indicating inside ribbing, Kamm does not specify where the "vertical flutes" are placed. The catalog pages showing No. 6 bowls in the Archer book demonstrate that the ribbing/fluting is on the inside as does the picture of the museum's sample. [Imperial Glass; Collector Books; 1978; pp. 98 & 99.] Kamm mistakenly switches the patterns when she states that in 1915 "the 'No. 4' with plain surface instead of ribbing..." appeared in a catalog.

The ever opinionated but "humble" Bob Batty chides Mrs. Kamm for having "not personally seen a piece of the pattern. Had she, she might have assigned a appropriate name." [Batty, R.: A Complete Guide to Pressed Glass; Pelican Publishing Co.; 1978; pp. 225 and cut # 271.]

CO-OP's NUMBER 364
MFR: Co-Operative Flint Glass Company
YOP: Circa 1905 to 1918+
OMN: No. 364
REF: Welker shows as in c. 1905 catalog. [Welker, J. & E.: Pressed Glass in America; p. 342, Figure 15-53.] See also c. 1918 catalog.

For a number of years I thought that this two piece punch bowl and cups were Imperial's Fashion pattern. Then I got a copy of the 1918 Co-Operative Glass catalog and found a number of patterns including this one. Gaudy and trashy doesn't even begin to describe it.

REBECCA JUG
MFR: Cambridge Glass Company
YOP: Circa 1903-1910.
NAME: By mfg. and No. 91.
REF: The 1903 Catalog shows the "blown pitcher" in ½ gal., qt., pt., & ½ pt. sizes. It also shows 10 pages of "lead blown tumblers" the closest of which appears to be the #1615. [Pages 41, 72-81.] The 1910 catalog shows only the ½ gal. "iron mold blown" pitcher.

I found the tumblers in Harrisburg this spring and the dealer eventually found the matching 9.25" high pitcher which was packed away.

In the "Go Figure Department" the Rebecca Jug was part of the "Nearcut" line. It has a ground pontil.

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