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<p>[QUOTE="SYNCHRONCITY, post: 2146088, member: 6283"]You are welcome! Opaline is more of an opaque type of glass and is not color changing like an opal gem. I don't know how they coined the name opaline glass. Later opaline pieces were more translucent and cheaply made, but yours is definitely the older version. Italy even made copies of it in the early to mid 20th century. True opaline glass can only be French. You have a quality French piece there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are your answers:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaline_glass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaline_glass" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaline_glass</a></p><p><a href="https://www.justcollecting.com/miscellania/opaline-glass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.justcollecting.com/miscellania/opaline-glass" rel="nofollow">https://www.justcollecting.com/miscellania/opaline-glass</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SYNCHRONCITY, post: 2146088, member: 6283"]You are welcome! Opaline is more of an opaque type of glass and is not color changing like an opal gem. I don't know how they coined the name opaline glass. Later opaline pieces were more translucent and cheaply made, but yours is definitely the older version. Italy even made copies of it in the early to mid 20th century. True opaline glass can only be French. You have a quality French piece there. Here are your answers: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaline_glass[/URL] [URL]https://www.justcollecting.com/miscellania/opaline-glass[/URL][/QUOTE]
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