OMAHA 1898 mini ANTIQUE souvenir MUG sun color amethyst Annie UNIQUE Americana

Description

A tiny
(just under) 2
" tall
b
eautiful
RUBY RED
flashed stained glass souvenir miniature
MUG
.   The top portion of it is
CRANBERRY RED
colored and the bottom portion has turned
SUN COLORED AMETHYST,
including the handle.
This
is
an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE miniature mug that dates to
1898
as
is inscribed in the mug itself
.
Mug reads
:
"
Omaha  1898 / Annie
".
Condition
:  Little mug is in NICE CLEAN condition.  It has some traces of aging, nothing significant.  NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, stain, etc
.
Age
:  An ORIGINAL ANTIQUE (Early American Pattern Glass) mug, dated
1898
.
Shipping
:
FREE
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An excellent antique
Ruby Red
flashed stained glass souvenir miniature mug that has turned a nice purple amethyst color from exposure to the sun.  T
he top portion had been stained or flashed a
rich cranberry-red
color, way back when it was made.   It was a common practice back then to flash (a coloring process) glass items with a red stain, to make them more attractive.   In this instance, the little mug has also turned a wonderful lavender color so instead of it being clear glass with a flashed red upper portion, it is now an amethyst colored glass with the flashed red.  The two make a beautiful two-tone color combination.
You hear about old glass turning purple ...
the purple color is the result of having manganese in the glass.  Manganese is a mineral, a rock, that was mined, crushed, and pulverized into a powder, then added to vats of molten liquid glass, and acted as a decolorizing agent to turn the natural aqua-tinted glass into a pure crystal clear colorless glass.   Then it was blown into a mold to create this
little antique mug
.   But when exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, it triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese starts to oxidize and slowly turns a lavender or amethyst color.   The end result is what collectors refer to as SCA (Sun Colored Amethyst) glass.   The longer it is in the sun the purpler it becomes.  This little antique mug probably sat in a south facing window for decades and the oxidation process slowly started turning the glass a nice amethyst color, it has not been colored, stained, or altered.   With very few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1915 has manganese in it and will turn SCA.  N
ot only does this deep purple/amethyst color make this a great looking
little mug, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique.  A
gain, the mug is amethyst but the top portion had been stained or flashed a
rich ruby-red
color, and the two make a beautiful combination.  T
his is a crisp and clean little souvenir mug/cup made in 1898 for someone named "
Annie
"
,
check it out!
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