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Collecting Artistic Glassware
Glass for all its fragile grace, reflective colors, and unique shapes, starts as nothing more than sand. And yet suddenly, with the addition of heat and the skilled labor of the glass blower, a treasure arises from the ashes. And while sand just blows away, the artistic glassware that is born from it can […]
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Zwischengoldglas
Zwischengoldglas, (German “gold between glass”, plural Zwischengoldgläser) is a type of decorated glassware in which a design in gold leaf is created on a glass vessel, then sealed under another precisely-fitting glass vessel, which is then bonded to the first piece with cement. Although the technique dates from the third century BC, most Zwischengoldglas […]
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Verre églomisé
Verre églomisé, from the French term meaning glass gilded, is a process where the backside of the glass is gilded with gold or metal leaf using a gelatin adhesive. The result is a mirror-like, reflective finish in which designs are then engraved. The technique dates back to the pre-Roman eras, but its name is […]
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Venetian glass
Venetian glass is a type of glass object made in Venice, Italy, primarily on the island of Murano. It is world-renowned for being colorful, elaborate, and skilfully made.
Many of the important characteristics of these objects had been developed by the 13th century. Toward the end of that century, the center of the Venetian glass […]
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Tyrone Crystal
cTyrone Crystal is a glassware manufacturing company in Dungannon, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, which has an international reputation of producing fine quality glass products.
Glass making in Tyrone has a history going back as far as 1771, when Benjamin Edwards founded a company in Tyrone. Tyrone Crystal was set up two hundred years later […]
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Tiffany lamp
A Tiffany lamp is a type of lamp with a stained glass shade. The pieces of stained glass that comprise a Tiffany shade are soldered together with copper foil. Original Tiffany lamps are generally considered part of the Art Nouveau movement, and are considered one of the best American contributions to this movement that […]
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Swarovski
Swarovski is the luxury brand name for the range of precision-cut crystal glass products produced by companies owned by Swarovski AG of Feldmeilen, near Zürich, Switzerland.
The Swarovski Group also includes Tyrolit (makers of abrasive and cutting tools); Swareflex (reflective and luminous road markings); Signity (synthetic gemstones); and Swarovski Optik (optical instruments).
The company runs a […]
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Suncatcher
A suncatcher or light catcher is a small, stained glass piece that is hung indoors, so that it “catches the light” from a nearby window.
Suncatchers may be mass-manufactured, or they may be created as arts and crafts objects.
Some designs are simple and abstract with perhaps some mobile-like chained elements, while more complex designs often […]
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Steuben Glass Works
Steuben Glass Works is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Fredrick C. Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York. Hawkes was the owner of the largest cut glass firm then operating in Corning. Carder was an Englishman (born 18 September 1863) who had many years experience […]
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Stained glass fusing
Stained Glass fusing is the art commonly used to blend certain glass pieces/colors together. This is most commonly done in a kiln. Two or more pieces of glass can be laid on top of each other and fired at temperatures ranging from 1100 degrees Fahrenheit to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. Certain types of glass cannot […]
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