Different Shades and Hues of Blue

Alan,

The #7307, two line pillar vases – one in Flemish and one in dark blue jade – leads me to the differing shades of blue jade. The Robin’s egg light blue seems to be more prevalent, and found in several hues, perhaps an artifact of whether cased or not. Dark blue jade is of the same intensity of blue as the Flemish example. Here too, the intensity of the color varies. I have an ACB dark blue jade cut back to alabaster that lacks the intensity of my other dark jade vases and bowls.

Then there is the matter of an intermediate blue jade, which I believe the one pictured is, instead of being dark blue jade. I have a berry bowl of that color, and at the time also could have purchased the two line pillar example, but, then new to the collecting, wasn’t yet ready to duplicate color examples, so passed up the opportunity. Some years later I purchased the pagoda lamp, black cut to blue jade, and it was then that I realized that the blue base was the exact shade of my berry bowl. I believe that middle shade of blue was made primarily for ACB treatment, and whatever batch was left over wound up as berry bowls and two line pillar vases. I have also been told that that color generally wound up on the West Coast, though I don’t know that Carder ever had such targeted marketing strategies.

As always, Alan, thank you for feeding, and caring for our pet Gazelle!

David Chadwick-Brown, San Diego

Gardner Says

p. 59 Carder Steuben Glass Colors

Antique Rita Blue

Calcite Blue

Celeste Blue

Cobalt Blue

Dark Jade Blue

Dark Turquoise Blue

Extra Dark Blue

Flemish Blue

Hard Flemish Blue

French Blue

Light Jade Blue

Light Turquoise Blue

Peacock Blue

Persian Blue

Rita Blue

Rose Blue

Tiffany Blue

Vigilite Blue

Black Blue