Pink glass

[outdoorfunblonde]

One day I was MD-ing at the lake, and was seeing several pieces of broken glass and ceramic plates. I was busy with MDing, and paid no mind.
Now, I want to go back and dig more, because I want to see more glass items... hopefully entire ones... Pink glass bottle bottom caught my attention...
Does anything nowadays come in pink glass bottles?? Do you think it has some age to it??
I will return to that site when I have more time... used to be a farm there...

Your thoughts

 

[epackage]

Clear bottle that started turning pink because of the suns UV rays due to the manganese used in the making of the glass

 

[outdoorfunblonde]

Well this was PINK PINK. Continual coloration and not faded, and was buried in sand quite deep.

 

[yakker]

As with many things, pink glass is certainly still made- but if you're finding pottery/china shards too, you are in an area that won't have Pier 1 stuff. I have found, in a cool old, multi-aged dump, a depression glass sugar bowl (it's still packed, so I don't have a pic). And I've found some very cool things- but not necessarily of any value to anyone other than myself- and some retro collectors on Etsy. If I were you, I'd go back and poke around a bit. You never know what you'll find- remembering that when people dumped trash,- especially if they were clearing out an old house, the stuff that was tossed (or sometimes plowed) out, can often be much older than the newest thing there. A mayo or ketchup bottle may be young(ish), but granny also had that old bottle of something-or-other in the medicine cabinet from way back- cork still in it. So you never know. Good luck! Yakker

 

[epackage]

Well this was PINK PINK. Continual coloration and not faded, and was buried in sand quite deep.

I'm not sure I get your point, it could have easily been in the sun or a window sill for many years before being discarded in the dump, there wouldn't be any fading either. It's also possible the bottle was made that color, how about a pic?

 

[outdoorfunblonde]

I'm not sure I get your point, it could have easily been in the sun or a window sill for many years before being discarded in the dump, there wouldn't be any fading either. It's also possible the bottle was made that color, how about a pic?

Yeah...I just think it was made that color...but you're right, could have been in sill for years...
I figured color out of the ordinary. I'm gonna go back and look for that piece again so I can take pics.
I didn't have a lot of patience that day, am certaintly going back w/ a bigger shovel too.

 

[yakker]

I'm not sure I get your point, it could have easily been in the sun or a window sill for many years before being discarded in the dump, there wouldn't be any fading either. It's also possible the bottle was made that color, how about a pic?

Now I'm confused. I figured she was talking about pink glass- not violet/purple glass- which has manganese in it and turns purple/violet when exposed to sun. I was thinking she was seeing pink- like Depression glass (among other options for pink). Yakker

pink D. glass:

purple manganese glass:

 

[epackage]

Early stages of of SCA glass can be many levels of pink to purple, the amount of manganese in the glass will also have a an effect on how much color change you get, I'd call this milk I have 'pink' at this stage...

 

[sunrunner]

with out a photo or any other reference there is no way to know what it is . It may be a bottom to a piece of depression glass like a creamer or a salt shaker.