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“My Grandmother had one of those!” That is what many
people say when they see the sumptuous display of cranberry glass
here at Grimes House. So many remember it fondly, it really has
a very special place in people’s hearts. The colour is so cheerful
and positive; just one piece can cheer up any room
The
glass, which became known today as CRANBERRY, was probably first
produced in Bohemia in the early 18th Century, of course at that time it was not known as
Cranberry but, more correctly, as a type of ruby glass. This delicate
and much loved colour of glass is made with a thin layer of ruby
glass in or outside a thicker layer of clear glass.
There was a phenomenal
growth in design and style throughout the 19th
century after the abolition of the punitive Glass Tax and more especially
around the period of the Great Exhibition. The heyday of Cranberry
glass making was from 1870 - 1930 by which time it was produced
in England, France, Belgium, Bavaria, Bohemia as well as the U.S.A. The glassworks of America were mainly in New England,
this just happens to be where cranberries are grown, so then, just
as now, never short of a good idea when it comes to marketing, the
term Cranberry Glass was coined, it does describe it's beautiful
colour so very well.
Often the prettiest and
now most popularly collected pieces today were produced around the
Stourbridge area of the Black Country here in England. Some of it
was made in very small backyard factories and some in the major
glassworks of their day. Factories such as Webb, Stuart, Richardson,
Stevens & Williams etc. produced some of the finest glass in
the world. From these makers and many more, including numerous
continental factories, came the antique Cranberry Glass that Stephen &
Val now gather from all over the country.
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