Amethyst Slag Glass Pitcher
MediumAmethyst Slag Glass
Dimensions18 × 13 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Millicent Giddens, London, Ontario, 1973
Object number1973.007.191
Label TextLondoner Millicent Giddens bequeathed her extensive glass collection to the museum after her passing in 1941. Since 1905, Giddens and a group of friends known as "The Antiquarians" collected curios from vintage shops around the London area. This is an example of slag glass from Giddens' collection. Slag glass a type of colored pressed opaque glass made using the "slag" left over during the iron smelting process. The iron ore slag is ground to a powder and used to make glass with a distinct coloured swirl pattern.
NamePitcher
