Featured is a wonderful EAPG Salt Shaker in the Egg in Blossom Pattern.
- EAPG stands for Early American Pattern Glass which dates from 1850 until 1914.
- EAPG is clear or colored pressed glass made in tableware or glassware matched sets.
- There were a large number of glass factories producing beautiful pattern glass during the Victorian era.
- Satinized opal glass began as a pure white glass. The glass was dipped into a vat of hydrofluoric acid that produced a smooth soft matte finish.
- Pattern: The original makers pattern name is Egg in Blossom.
- Color: This EAPG Salt Shaker in the Egg in Blossom pattern is white opaque satinized opal ware glass.
- Design: bulging base lobes, panels with lobes
- Salt Shakers are particularly desirable pieces to collect because they are small yet display the pattern well.
- There is an Antique Glass Salt and Sugar Shaker Collector’s Society. The Society promotes and supports the collecting of shakers and provides education for both members and non-members.
