Old lavender piece question

ahenry12

I was wondering if anyone new anything about this lavender piece I found?!

piggler

The purple color comes from manganese added to the glass when it was made. Manganese was used to actually make the glass clear, and used until about 1916. The purple hue comes from the interaction of UV radiation from the sun and the manganese. This piece was most likely originally clear, but turned purple from being in the sun for 100 years....

Jeff

Chris

At first I was thinking it might be the top to an inkwell but now it seems to me that the scale is too large. Hard to say what the overall shape is from such a small piece.

ahenry12

Guys thank you so much this info was so helpful anything I can find out about my glass is so intriguing!! Here's another pic I hope will be helpful!!

ahenry12

Here's another unique piece that I want to know more about!!

Chris

So hard to tell from such little pieces....

For the amethyst tinted piece, the diameter of the opening would probably be the best bit of info to imagine the overall size of the piece.

ahenry12

Oh ok I'll definitely have to take a better profile of that angle! Thank you so much!