6858 Anchor Hocking MOONSTONE Vintage 40s White Opalescent Glass Footed Creamer

Description

OPALESCENT  GLASS
OLD & NEW
MOONSTONE
Lovely Anchor Hocking #858 Moonstone (White) Opalescent 3½" Footed Creamer with Hobnail pattern, circa 1942-46, in excellent undamaged vintage condition.
Opalescent Glass
contains a mixture of heat-sensitive chemicals that would opalize (turn white) when re-heated in a return trip to the furnace's "glory hole" after shaping was completed by the glass maker.  Those areas nearest the heat turned opaque white (opalescent);  it was the skill of the glass maker that determined where and to what degree the glass was opalized.  Most of the major glass makers: Northwood, Fenton, Dugan, Jefferson, plus about a half-dozen others,  produced Opalescent glassware during the late 1800s on into the 1900s.  Many of the Opalescent period patterns were carried over into the Carnival Glass era as either interior or exterior designs and iridized.
Contemporary Condition
refers to the lack of production issues which plagued antique glassware. Modern glassware is relatively free of those production issues due to modernized machinery, advances in glass making chemistry, and quality control. Even so, because modern Art Glass is generally still hand shaped, hand-painted and/or hand-iridized, each piece is technically a one-of-a-kind, and you may still find a minor production issue from time to time.
Excellent Undamaged Antique Condition
means that while a
listed
item has no post-production damage such as chips or cracks,
it may have discernible minor wear from usage and/or nesting (stacking)
. This wear will be mentioned and/or highlighted with its own photo
if over-moderate
. In my opinion, there are very, very few pieces of Carnival Glass that don't have an imperfection of some sort, whether from production or use, that can't be found with careful inspection, but that doesn't impact the presentation.
Production conditions in the early 1900s were dirty and dangerous; there was no "Quality Control" as we know it now. Issues resultant from these conditions include:
Air bubbles
in the glass that were not squeezed out during pressing.
Heat checks
which are internal rifts filled with air (which is why you can see them), usually from a burst air bubble.
Inclusions
in or on the surface of the glass, such as ash and cinders. Often found in the flames of vases and rims of bowls were it settled during pressing.
Strands
of undissolved colorant (usually in green glass).
Straw marks
which are lines
in the glass caused by premature solidification where the molten glass was
snipped from the gathering rod with cool metal shears when the mould was full; lines also formed on the surface during the cooling process.
Tool marks
from implements used to form the edge or influence the shape.
Mold issues
related to filling and release such as incomplete or malformed edges,
rough seams, extra glass at seams; webbed, incomplete or pulled edge points.
Cooling issues
such as
uneven legs, slanted stems or a bowed base (causing rocking), surface lines and heat checks.
Production issues may be undesirable in the extreme, but they do not qualify as "damage" and will be found to some degree on nearly all antique glassware. Issues of wear will be left to your discretion.
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All items are bubble wrapped. No tape is used on the bubble wrap (YAY!). Carton voids are filled with cushioning peanuts. Cartons are labeled GLASS or FRAGILE, and
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