I took a little time to antique (verb) today, and really didn’t find too much. I didn’t come home with anything, actually.

I did, however, find out that my beloved purple amethyst Depression glass actually started out clear. It is only tinged purple due to the lead’s interaction with the sun over the years. This coloring only applies to the very light purple items and not the darker purple varieties (Moroccan? Not real familiar yet.)

This made me a little nervous, but an old lady assured me that there wasn’t enough lead in the glass to cause a user any damage. I hope she’s right. Old ladies are right, right?

I think that the small plates I recently purchased off eBay are “sun purple”. And I think that a large serving plate I won today is actually purple. I can’t say without seeing them, but I think so