| 1. | Ruby glass was imported before being manufactured in America in 1861.
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| 2. | Today, glassmakers use ruby glass rods, which makes for an even more expensive process.
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| 3. | A ruby glass water goblet that my sister collects was a steal at $ 6.
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| 4. | Display it where sunlight shines through it because ruby glass looks more dazzling that way.
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| 5. | But because the amount of gold chloride is less, the color is paler than ruby glass.
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| 6. | Colored glass always has provided a fascination for the collector, especially the rich red of ruby glass.
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| 7. | Before long, railroads were Corning Glass Works'biggest customers, purchasing semaphore lenses made of its copper ruby glass.
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| 8. | Ruby glass is also made today by adding cadmium selenide, which creates a bright ruby red glass.
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| 9. | Steuben makes selenium red glass, which is considered one of the top grades of ruby glass today.
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| 10. | "There's also beautiful Depressionware ruby glass from the 1920s and'30s with lovely blown tops and molded stems ."
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