Featured 'EAPG - Real or Repro?

When searching last night, I must have somehow went right past this. Thank you. It is a very pretty piece, so I can see someone reproducing it.

 

Ah ha. A new thing to look for - a wafer between the bowl and pedestal. I'm glad yours glowed yellow. I'll have to take mine in later and see what that is like. Thank you.

 

Great pieces of information. I put this one aside and looked at it several times before I bought it. Now I feel better about the slightly mushy edges and the variations in the glass surface.
Now, I remember a discussion on manganese here. Since my purchases are usually opportunistic rather than planned, I don't go armed with the right information. As always, I appreciate you taking the time to make your explanations. I turn away from 90% of the glass I see, because I don't know how to evaluate it. (And I don't have the room either), so it important that I keep only that which is real.

 

I will go into my closet later and give it a look. Subtilies often escape me because I haven't looked at many pieces. Thank you.

 

The implication of the name "Imitation Rich Cut Ware" is very interesting. Is it an effort to create pieces that resemble finely cut glass at a reduced cost?

 

that is correct; several companies made pattern lines to imitate American Brilliant Period Cut Glass...

 

I can see that. When I first started to look at early American glass, I spent a lot of time running my fingers along the edges to try to determine if they were cut and polished or pressed. Thank you.

 

Tall said "
"it's manganese in the glass that is used for clarity that will cause a faint glow with blacklight in total darkness." (Cited from: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/eapg-real-or-repro.68734/)

Not to disagree, but calcite mineral gives exactly the same glow, and calcium is a major ingredient in soda lime glass.