Rare Vintage 1909-1919 Imperial Glass Stretch / Onion Carnival Glass Platter

Description

Here is a Rare Vintage 1909-1919 Imperial Glass Stretch / Onion Carnival Glass 10 1/2" Platter. As I stated this is 10 1/2" across the top outside rim by 1" tall or high by 6" across the base or bottom. The base has a cut satin finish as seen in photo #9 &10.
This platter is Pre-owned by Me, I have been collecting Carnival Glass for over 45 years and in the near future my collection of over 650 plus pieces will be coming up for Auction. This Stretch / Onion Glass Bowl is in Great condition with NO Chips, Cracks or Flea Bites.
Here is the list of Glass Manufactures that made Stretch / Onion Glass: Central Glass Works, Diamond Glass-Ware Co., Fenton Art Glass Co., Imperial Glass Co., Jeannette Glass Co., Lancaster Glass Co., H. Northwood & Co., United States Glass Co. /Tiffin and Vineland Flint Glass Works  and at each Glass Co. it shows the different colors each made. All of this information can be found at = (Shetlat Stretch Glass - Identification of Pieces - By Company).
Stretch Glass:  A strange name for such beautiful glassware! Stretch glass was made by a number of American glass factories from about 1912 to the early 1930's. It was either pressed or blown into molds. When the piece of glass was still hot from the mold, it was sprayed with metallic salts to give the surface iridescence. It was then reheated and "worked" in some way (flared out, cupped in or crimped, etc.). The working of the glass "stretched" the iridescent surface and produced an "onion skin" effect. See the photograph of the edge of the blue stretch glass plate on the right. You can see how pronounced this effect can be! Some pieces of stretch glass will have very obvious "stretch marks." Other pieces that have not been worked as much will have very fine "stretch marks." Stretch glass differs from carnival glass in two distinct ways. Carnival glass was "worked" first and then iridized -- and carnival glass was heavily patterned while stretch glass has little or no pattern.
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In the event the item is not what you expected or you are dissatisfied with it, you will have 60-Days buyer-Paid returns and you will be refunded the purchase price plus original postage.