is this old?

[RDRIGGS]

found this the other day. not sure if its old or modern. it has lots of bubbles and looks to be from a mold and hand tooled (the neck). its got that amethyst tint to it throughout. I though amethyst colored glass was from 1914 and younger. thanks in advance!

 

[andy volkerts]

looks to be a swan candy dish and of an older style, and you are basically correct, we couldn't get manganese from Germany during the 1st world war so we used selenium instead, which turns glass tannish yellow instead of purple. by the time the war was over the glass works never went back to manganese. nice dish, and could very well be turn of the century or a bit later..........Andy

 

[RDRIGGS]

thanks! I looked everywhere for a maker's mark but nothing...

 

[sunrunner]

glass workers would make this kind of thing on there time off .for themselves or as gifts .

 

[RDRIGGS]

i was thinking that it was made scrap glass...