What is Rosaline? In the Paul Gardner book p. 81 there is a section on Ruby Glasses. Gardner says Carder’s Gold Ruby was nearly always cased over crystal or Alabaster glass, the thin casing resulting in a very beautiful pink color. Gardner explains the transparent Gold Ruby glass was never directly worked from the pot, instead it was worked into solid lumps that the workers called “sausages.”  The valuable sausages were kept under lock and key due to their high gold content. When a Gold Ruby piece was made, a sausage would be reheated into a “cup” and used to case the object. I never realized the extra steps and work that went into Rosaline or Gold Ruby pieces. I am also sure there is a story about the name Rosaline. In Gardner’s book it is referred to Rose cased over Alabaster in Plate XXV(C) and on page 117 Ill. 188 it is referred to Rosaline (also called rose) cased over Alabaster. Maybe someone knows the story about the name change and can share?

Here are more examples of Rosaline from our own website library.

A recording of the CSGA Member Zoom meeting from February 4th has been uploaded to the website.  If you were unable to attend the meeting or if you want to enjoy the excellent presentation on Eduard Palme Sr. again, you can watch it from the videos section of the website.