Vintage 1970s Avon Swirled Glass Jar Gold Cover Avon Ruby Red Collector Bottle

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Avon Swirled Glass Jar (EMPTY) Gold Cover Avon Ruby Red Collector Bottle Vintage 1970s.

Vintage 1970s, Avon collectible, ruby red … Read more Avon Swirled Glass Jar (EMPTY) Gold Cover Avon Ruby Red Collector Bottle Vintage 1970s.

Vintage 1970s, Avon collectible, ruby red swirled glass jar/bottle/container with gold metallic cover. Snap-on plastic lid with a gold plastic cap/cover that rests on top. Clean, no cracks, chips or repairs. Nice vanity accents for your vanity with lots of possibilities. In good vintage condition (empty). Stored in a cool dry place. Comes from a smoke-free/pet-free home.

Measures 5.25" high X 3.25" at widest point.

About Ruby Red Glass:
Ruby glass, deep-red glass deriving its colour from gold chloride. Originally known in the ancient world, its rediscovery was long sought by European alchemists and glassmakers, who believed it had curative properties. A Hamburg physician, Andreas Cassius, in 1676 reported his discovery of the red colouring properties of a solution of gold chloride, subsequently called purple of Cassius. Ruby glass was produced c. 1679 by a Potsdam chemist and glass technologist named Johann Kunckel von Löwenstern, who kept the recipe a secret. The difficulty in producing this colour lay in the fact that the glass at first appears gray and turns red only on reheating. This secret was rediscovered in the glassworks at Ehrenfeld at the end of the 19th century. Meanwhile, Bohemian glassmakers produced a ruby shade using copper, and glassware flashed with a thin ruby-glass casing became a characteristic 19th-century Bohemian product. See less