BURMESE

Oct 16, 2009
Issue 710

From Club President David Goldstein
I think that Carder’s production of Burmese was limited because by the time he did this, Burmese had already gone out of fashion, I believe that Carder’s work with Burmese was part of his overall experimentation with reheated shaded glasses; Burmese, like other heat-sensitive glasses, is one color when blown but changes color when portions of the glass are reheated Tyrian was Carder’s most successful reheated glass.

Burmese was patented in 1885 by Mt. Washington and licensed by them to Webb in England in 1886, so Carder would have been familiar with it from when he was at Stevens and Williams. The chemical formula was readily available and included Uranium salts, but the key to making “good” Burmese was the gaffer’s control of the reheating. In my opinion, Carder’s Burmese is inferior in color to both Mount Washington and Webb.

Marshall Ketchum responds to John Styler’s request to identify the color of his acb
This is probably Light Blue Jade over Flint White.

Then Dick Stark responds in general to the color discussion.

can you explain to your folks who split hairs that the thickness of the application affects color as well as the surface upon which it is applied….additive color mixture

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