Ruby Red Sea Glass
1 in 5000 pieces
Red is the hope diamond of sea glass and will make any sea glass lovers day, week or year.
One of the most common sources for ruby red glass was made by Anchor
Hocking Glass Corporation for both decorative household items (shown left)
and in the 1950's Schlitz Beer bottle (bottle bottom pictured below
with sea glass pieces).
Anchor
Hocking discovered a way to use copper to turn glass a red hue instead
of the traditional gold, making the cost of producing this glass much
more commercially feasible. While Ruby Red glass has been made throughout history, Anchor hocking found a way to produce it much cheaper and available to the public.
Ruby and red glass
using gold (instead of copper) dates back to the 1600's and later became known as the
"Purple of Cassius." The high price which this glass commanded and
the efforts needed to produce it could hardly be justified by its beauty,
but the mysticism connected with gold caused the demand.
The secret of making red glass, lost for many centuries, wasn’t rediscovered until the 17th Century by a chemist from a glass-making family.
While we have many pieces of Ruby Sea Glass in our collection, the Royal Ruby by Anchor Hocking is more available. Some of the jewelry pieces we have using both Royal Ruby and Ruby Reds can be found on our site.
More Examples Of Anchor Hocking Ruby Red Sea Glass
For more information on Royal Ruby glass see
