In the second half of the nineteenth century, there was a fashion for heat-sensitive glass that shifted in color from yellow to red. The West Virginia glasshouse Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. made use of this technologically advanced shaded effect to recreate a famed ceramic vase. In 1886 W. T. Walters of Baltimore purchased a Chinese porcelain vase with shaded pink, or "peach bloom," glaze owned by Mrs. Mary Morgan (widow of shipping magnate Charles Morgan). Walters paid an astounding $18,000 for the vase, causing a public sensation that produced countless newspaper articles as well as this glass facsimile. The facsimile came in two finishes—coral (shiny) and lusterless (acid or satin finish)—and sat on a pressed-glass stand that resembled the Chinese carved wood stand made for the Morgan vase.