They look like this. I could make this shell look good with paint or stain with a shaded lacquer.

KO, you are correct and I stand corrected. I went upstairs and took another look. In my incandescent lighting, it all looks very close (see photo with unfaded kit). However, when I used a flash, the original is much more silvery. The comparison is an unfaded Tower vs a newer drum. The new does look like an aged silver glass, which is great if a kit has some aging. See photo with an aged 1960 Rogers B&B drum.

Does this look like your drum compared to your 60’s Gretsch? Did the Gretsch also have the orange peel texture for their glass finishes?

I also included comparisons of gold and green. All Rogers snares are the original, unfaded wraps.

Generally the new glass appears a bit darker. The glass chunks are very similar to the original. The green is very nice, but not that great vibrant Rogers green.

Thanks for the pictures, I never suspected any of the new wraps would be an exact match to a vintage Rogers kit. Since I'm thinking about re-wrapping the whole kit and not just one drum to match, it would look fine in any of those wraps.

I forgot about this snare that I rewrapped myself (the other drum I bought already re-wrapped) . Again more white than the vintage silver but it looks good by itself and similar to the other silver sparkle drums in some light. Not a huge deal, a whole set rewrapped in it will match itself just fine.

Just something else to be aware of when deciding on a color.