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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TallCakes, post: 294155, member: 107&quot;]Imperial Glass #612 Star and File c1904</p><p>this piece is ruby stained; the ruby color is painted on and then fired to &#039;set&#039; color and make it more durable.</p><p>generally the EPAG era is c1850 to 1915-20-ish... with some patterns being reissued and even reproduced thru today... the EAPG era generally follows and parallels the Victorian era; starting after and ending after...</p><p><br /></p><p>flashed glass involves a layer of colored glass (in this case ruby) that is added to the clear class. The red layer is then cut to reveal the clear (cut to clear), thus the resulting pattern has sharp distinct lines. Flashed is very durable depending on the thickness of the colored layer. Whereas, stained is a very thin layer painted on and more susceptible to scratches with the quality of the stain fairly variable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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