It shades from rose at the top to white
at the base. Was made several different
ways. Cooling and reheating
the top created the shadings.

A Peach Blow porcelain vase was sold for
$18,000 on March 8, 1886. This caused glass
companies to produce this glass again.

Hobbs, Brockunier made it by plating
an opal glass body with a transparent
amber glass, made sensitive to caloric
changes by adding gold salts into the melt.
It was named Wheeling Peach Blow. Produced
in 1886.

Mount Washington Named their's Peach Blow
and Peach Skin. Produced in 1886. They
used small amounts of Cobalt or copper
Oxide as a colorant. It shaded from a pale
gray-blue, to a rose tint.

Libbey produced Wild Rose in 1886.
They combined Opal glass and gold.
It was translucent and shaded from rose
to white. They were pattern molded and
decorated with enamel design. Some times
it would be left in the glossy finish,
but they did acidized for a satin finish.

Thos Webb began producing it in 1886.
They named it Peach Glass or Peach Bloom.

Gunderson, Pairpoint who was the successor
to Mount Washington, reissued Peach Blow,
Burmese and Rose amber in 1952. They were
not trying to reproduce this ware. It
has also become highly collectible.

For Examples of this Glass See

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