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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 9544319, member: 308&quot;]Sorry that I&#039;m late to the conversation, Peggy. I&#039;m glad it worked out okay in the end. I have got an extensive collection of ruby glass and it&#039;s not unusual for it to shade to amberina. If I remember right it has something to do with the formula and the way it&#039;s heated. If the least little thing goes wrong you end up with orange shading. It seems to have been a real problem for Fenton. You can get three examples of the same Fenton piece and they may shade from a muddy red to a pretty obvious amberina. I&#039;ve even seen a piece from their bicentennial line that was was supposed to be ruby but ended up a solid orange. I seem to remember one of the Fenton family members talking about the difficulties of making ruby glass on QVC. I&#039;ve also noticed Westmoreland has the same issues. Westmoreland wasn&#039;t know for it&#039;s ruby glass so it wasn&#039;t surprising to me that their shading was also inconsistent. Sometimes the orange shading only shows in a particular light and it&#039;s hard to photograph. When selling I try to mention, as best I can, the particular color of the individual piece. If your buyer is really particular of her ruby color she should stay away from Westmoreland and Fenton or expect some degree of color variation. Hope this helps.</p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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