Vtg Morgantown Glass Crinkle 5" Dessert Dish/Finger Bowl Amethyst/Burgundy x 3

Description

At first, I was thrown off trying to identify these bowls. I found them with three others, at a local resale shop. However, the lighting was dim, so I did not notice that three were one shade of purple and the other three a completely different shade of purple. So, naturally I begin researching them hoping to easily determine that they were made by the same manufacturer, but in two shades of purple. Unfortunately, it didn't seem that easy at first, as I soon discovered that both Morgantown Glass and Seneca Glass made patterns that resembled the bowls I had just purchased, and naturally they both produced multiple shades of purple.
Morgantown refers to their pattern as "Crinkle", whereas Seneca most commonly used "Driftwood", which is the shortened version of the full pattern name; "Seneca Driftwood Casual". My research indicates that Seneca had two versions of the Driftwood pattern. The first was released in an "Amethyst Smoke" and the second in "Plum". Morgantown, seemed to have three shades of purple; "Amethyst", which is said to have red tones, "Violet", which supposedly has grey tones, and "Thistle", which is a very pale purple.
My understanding is that a special order customer, named "Carbone", gained exclusive rights to Morgantown "Crinkle" in the 1960's. After doing so, many of the names of the colors changed. So, it is possible that what Morgantown referred to as "Amethyst" was later referred to as "Burgundy".
When looking at the patterns on Replacements website, I was even more confused, as it doesn't seem that they differentiate much between the colors either.
However, in the end, I believe that the (3) in this listing are Morgantown "Amethyst", as they do appear to have red tones. The bottoms of the bowls are not round, and from my understanding, Seneca's bowls, at least the earliest ones, had round bottoms.
Please see the photos to determine their true nature for yourself, as I am not an expert and am only sharing the information that I obtained in my research.
Please note that the last two pictures show a comparison of the colors. The (3) bowls that you will receive will all be the same shade of purple, as shown in the remainder of the photos.
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