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5.5 oz Molten Trippy Looking Piece Antique Recycled Slag Glass Pittsburgh, PA

$ 2.64

Availability: 19 in stock
  • Condition: Item in photo is item that ships. Piece alone weighs 5.5oz without any packaging. Photos taken in actual sunlight after the piece was rinsed. Slag glass made no later than the late 1940s by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. in Ford City, PA but could also possibly be much older than that. ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES WHEN HANDLING ROUGH GLASS!
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES WHEN HANDLING ROUGH GLASS! Piece alone weighs 5.5oz without any packaging. Photos taken in actual sunlight after the piece was rinsed. Piece has some very light chartreuse tone features as seen in photos. Slag glass made in the Pittsburgh area of PA no later than the 1940s, but possibly much older. The specific Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. plant that these items are from opened in 1887 along the Allegheny River in Ford City, PA. It actually turned the town into a boom town for quite some time. These pieces came from a man who worked in that plant in the 1940s. Requests for more photos and questions are always welcome!