Lot #38: Rare 1908 Victorian Souvenir Ruby Stain Glass

This is perhaps the coolest lot in this sale. It is an 1908 Victorian Souvenir Ruby “Stain” (Flash) glass. It was a popular souvenir from the 1880s to 1910. A small piece of pattern glassware would be coated in a chemical that when the glass was heated, it would form a thin Ruby red coating over the surface. At a fair, the vendor, using a foot-powered copper grinding wheel, would grind of parts of the Ruby coating to create names and dates. This piece piece is a small pattern glassware pitcher engraved “STATE FAIR -1908 - MARY.” It is approximately 4 1/2 inches high and 3.25 inches wide at The base. In perfect condition for being almost 120 years old! The estate we got it from stated it was from the Atlanta State Fair. It’s a neat piece of Atlanta history!o Dimensions: 4.5 x 3 x 3 Pickup category timeslot {A}