Orange Sea Glass - Is it rare? How does it compare to other colors?
Whether orange sea glass is extremely rare or only somewhat rare depends on who you talk to.
In either case, it is definitely on the rare end of the scale. In all my years of beach combing, I've only ever found two pieces of orange beach/sea glass and they're keepers. 
They are both jewelry quality and one has markings on it. The other is piece of hobnail glass. Very neat. Take a look below. So what made the glass orange?
I remember going through antique stores, my grandmother's attic, looking at other people's antiques and don't recall seeing much in the way of orange glass.
Since orange is not a color that goes easily with other colors, orange sea glass as jewelry has a limited demand. The same holds true with the color orange and its popularity for other items of wear as well as just about anything. It is just not the most popular color, probably because it is hard to coordinate with other colors.
Since items of the color orange have not been in high demand, the manufacturers of glassware, naturally, never have made a lot of orange. Because of its relatively-limited production, very little orange-colored sea glass is found.
Some tableware and some Carnival glass,however, was produced in orange. It sure is a delight to find a piece and really does have its special place in your collection. Hmmm...
There are some exceptions, of course, such as Amberina glass.
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An
example of the type of orange ornamental ware was produced in years
gone by is this crimped flower bowl, daisy and button pattern, amberina
red-orange glass for sale at Laurel
Leaf Farm.
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I wonder where I'll find my next piece of brightly-colored sea glass? Will the next one be a orange, yellow, or perhaps a nice ruby red?
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