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Title: What do you call dark glass plates, rainbow color when light hits it
Post by: rustyattic on July 05, 2014, 09:07:13 pm

These look grey or black when sitting on a table, but reflect different colors when looked at different angles.

Title: Re: What do you call dark glass plates, rainbow color when light hits it
Post by: KevinM on July 05, 2014, 10:35:41 pm

I'm thinking iridescent, although they look a little like carnival glass perhaps.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridescence

 Kevin

Title: Re: What do you call dark glass plates, rainbow color when light hits it
Post by: cogar on July 06, 2014, 05:22:37 am

Imperial made a lot of iridescent glass like that.

See the plates on this site:  https://www.etsy.com/market/12_days_of_xmas (https://www.etsy.com/market/12_days_of_xmas)

Title: Re: What do you call dark glass plates, rainbow color when light hits it
Post by: Dogaman on July 06, 2014, 09:31:22 am

Cogar,

What you have is a contemporary piece of Carnival Glass from the late 1900s.

CG started in the early 1900s. Check out DDoty.com for info on the antique items. There is also a section on Contemporary.

Title: Re: What do you call dark glass plates, rainbow color when light hits it
Post by: Rauville on July 06, 2014, 10:02:10 am

Scroll down the following Federal Glass page.
http://www.carnivalheaven.com/carnivalglass106/id76.htm (http://www.carnivalheaven.com/carnivalglass106/id76.htm)

Title: Re: What do you call dark glass plates, rainbow color when light hits it
Post by: cogar on July 06, 2014, 12:23:03 pm

Quote from: Dogaman on July 06, 2014, 09:31:22 am

Cogar,

What you have is a contemporary piece of Carnival Glass from the late 1900s.

Dogaman, here is a piece of vintage contemporary Carnival Glass from the late 1900s.

GL381 - Indiana Glass iridescent blue carnival glass compote

(http://www.rescoccc.com/images/glass/gl381.jpg)

http://www.rescoccc.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67_97&products_id=888&zenid=vdlrfjkmacc5ssf2vj52n0os72 (http://www.rescoccc.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67_97&products_id=888&zenid=vdlrfjkmacc5ssf2vj52n0os72)