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c1890 Mt Washington Burmese Hobnail Creamer and Sugar Rare and Authentic<br>Guaranteed circa late 19th century. Selling both for one price. Creamer is 5.75"<br>tall x 5" wide with handle. Sugar is 4" tall x 6.25" handle to handle. A few<br>minor imperfections from production, no cracks, chips, or restorations. Both<br>with ground Pontils, creamer marked #130, they glow under blacklight.<br><br>Burmese glass is a type of opaque colored art glass, shading from yellow to<br>pink. It is found in either the rare original "shiny" finish or the more common<br>"satin" finish. It is used for table glass and small, ornamental vases and<br>dressing table articles.<br><br>It was made in 1885 by the Mount Washington Glass Company of New Bedford,<br>Massachusetts, USA. Burmese glass found favor with Queen Victoria. From 1886,<br>the British company of Thomas Webb & Sons was licensed to produce the glass.<br>Their version, known as Queen's Burmeseware, which was used for tableware and<br>decorative glass, often with painted decoration. Burmese was also made after<br>1970 by the Fenton art glass company.<br><br>Burmese is a uranium glass. The formula to produce Burmese Glass contains<br>uranium oxide with tincture of gold added. The uranium oxide produced the<br>inherent soft yellow color of Burmese glass. Because of the added gold, the<br>characteristic pink blush of color of Burmese was fashioned by re-heating the<br>object in the furnace. The length of time in the furnace will determine the<br>intensity of the color. Strangely, if the object is subjected to the heat again,<br>it will return to the original yellow color.<br>tw133
