VTGE RUBY GLASS DECANTER 6 SHOTT GLASSES MONICA BRATT SWEDEN Reijmyre LABEL 9”

VTGE RUBY GLASS DECANTER 6 SHOTT GLASSES MONICA BRATT SWEDEN Reijmyre LABEL 9”

This vintage ruby glass rounded shoulder oblong decanter set is a stunning addition to any collection. The set includes a beautiful decanter and six shot glasses, all adorned with the Reijmyre Sweden Monica Bratt label. The decanter stands at 9.5 inches tall and features hand blown glasswork, perfect for display in the drinks cabinet or bar….but perfect to set aside on a tray for use on those cold winter nights. The ruby glass is a full bodied very rich colour which has to do with the amount of Gold chloride they add to the batch of glass. There is a polished pontil mark to the base showing it was hand blown. Please see the notes below….. These could not be darker or richer!! The little Shot or liqueur glasses completing the set.

Not only is this set a beautiful decorative display piece, it is also functional for serving spirits such as gin, whisky, and brandy. Made in the 1950s, this set is a true piece of history from Sweden. Add it to your collectables or breweriana collection today.

I am sorry that the photos do not do justice to this glass of Monica Bratt….I will take some more in different light situation soon!!

MEASUREMENTS: Height 9.5” x 4.5” width x 2.5” depth

CONDITION: Perfect mint condition with no damage, chips, scratches or sign of previous use. The sticky label is on the decanter

RESEARCH NOTES:

DatingManufactured 1941

Artist/MakerDesign: Monica Bratt, Swedish, born 1913, dead 1961

Manufacturer: Reijmyre glasbruk, Reijmyre, Sweden

Ruby glass in Europe, is made by adding gold salts (technically, gold chloride) to batches of molten glass. Gold is what gives cranberry glass its pink to red hue. The more gold that is used, the deeper the red, but the amount of gold used in even the reddest cranberry glass is minor, which is why color alone is not a factor in the price of vintage cranberry glass.

While variations of the technique to produce cranberry glass appear to go back to the Roman Empire, the recipe for cranberry glass was apparently lost for more than a millennium. The form reappeared in the 1600s, perhaps simultaneously, in Italy, Germany, and Bohemia. Today, most collectors of vintage cranberry glass focus on the work of Victorian glassmakers in England, along with the output of 20th-century American glass manufacturers such as Indiana, Pilgrim and Fenton.

Fenton added cranberry glass to its repertoire in the late 1930s. Vintage Fenton cranberry glass from this early period was made in the hobnail pattern; later, cranberry would color coin-dot pieces, as well as pitchers and cruets with swirling sides and riffled rims. It would also be used as the base for a number of hand-painted, Mary Gregory-style objects, from dimmer bells to decorative baskets. By the 1950s, an opalescent flavor of cranberry was being used on numerous Fenton patterns.

Another West Virginia glass company, Pilgrim, didn't get into the cranberry market until 1968, when the company's plant manager, Karel Konrad, developed a proprietary recipe for the alluring hue. Pilgrim used cranberry in its crackle pieces, its thick cased vases, and a range of pinched, squat, and slender decanters.

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