Not All Glass is Created Equal
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Article by: Martin Swinton Pressed glass, , Recessed Lighting Depression glass , Warren Kimble Rugs: Don't Miss Out and crystal "” this month we'll review the basics of these different types of glass , Decorating with Coat Racks and Vintage Clothing for a Unique Accent to Your Home and some tips , Interior Decorating - Select the Correct Paint Sheen for Every Decorating Project! on telling the difference. History Glass was first recorded being made in ancient Rome, Egypt and Syria. It was made by heating and fusing sand, , Area Rugs Will Add That Special Look And Feel To Your Home potash or soda with lime. Types of Glass Soda glass, , Wallpaper Guide for Your New Baby potash glass , Renew Your Sectional Sofa with Splashy Fabric and Re-covered Pillows and lead glass , Adjustable Beds are the three main types of glass. , Chime Clocks: A Gentle Reminder of the Time Soda glass Starting in the 13th century, soda glass , Interior Decorating - Select the Correct Paint Sheen for Every Decorating Project! was made in Venice. Glassmakers were able to form molten glass , Search Lighting Fixtures Online for Ideas and to Save Money into elaborate shapes because it contained burned seaweed, making the glass , 5 Tips to Create Style and Elegance in Your Home very malleable. Potash glass Potash glass , Warren Kimble Rugs: Don't Miss Out came from northern Europe. Potash was made from a combination of burned wood , 7 Centsible Home Decorating Tips for Your Quick Home Fluff-Up and bracken making the glass , Bathroom Decoration on a Budget well suited for engraving and cutting. Lead glass , An Eagle Figurine Display The Beautiful American Bald Eagle (crystal, lead crystal) Starting in Europe in the 17th century, lead glass , Oak Entertainment Centers was developed. It was derived from adding lead oxide to potash glass. , Recessed Lighting The words lead glass, , Chairs - Choosing A Rocker lead crystal and crystal all mean the same thing. Crystal is simply a type of glass. , Search Lighting Fixtures Online for Ideas and to Save Money It is the addition of lead to mix that makes crystal harder than regular glass. , Picture Frames Crystal is less likely to have bubbles, which is helpful when cutting Pressed glass Popularized during the Victoria era, pressed glass , Discount Ceiling Fans is made from a mould and is less valuable than cut glass. , An Eagle Figurine Display The Beautiful American Bald Eagle You can identify pressed glass , 7 Centsible Home Decorating Tips for Your Quick Home Fluff-Up from the mould line that is visible and the less sharply faceted decoration. Depression glass Popularized during the Great Depression, companies such as Hocking Glass, , Mirrors Federal and MacBeth-Evans mass-produced this form of pressed glassware. It was often given away free as a gift with purchase. There are many colours , Interior Decorating - Select the Correct Paint Sheen for Every Decorating Project! and patterns available. Decoration on glass There are four types of decorations used to adorn glass: cutting, enamelling, gilding and engraving. Cutting Facets cut into glass , The Convenience of the Portable Massage Chair reflect light , Chime Clocks: A Gentle Reminder of the Time and create sparkle. One tip , Wallpaper Guide for Your New Baby to help date a piece of glass , Computerized Steam Showers is to look for shallow surface cuts which were used in the earliest days of glass , Recessed Lighting cutting. Enamelling In the 15th century, the Venetians popularized the enamelling of glass , Chime Clocks: A Gentle Reminder of the Time that is a process of painting , Starting A Lucrative Home Staging Business Part 2-About Competition and Fees on glass. , Finding the Right Home Furnishing Store Gilding It is a technique of adding gold decoration to glass , Area Rugs Will Add That Special Look And Feel To Your Home that was often done by firing the gold onto a glass , Leather Seat Covers surface. Engraving It was done by diamond point engraving (scratching the design , Chandelier Lighting onto the surface of the glass , Beaded Curtains using a diamond nib), wheel engraving (scratching the design , Beaded Curtains on the surface of the glass , Adjustable Beds using small copper , Computerized Steam Showers wheels rotating against the surface) stipple engraving (scratching the design , The Charm of an Oak Computer Desk onto the surface of the glass , Home Office Furniture using fine diamond needle that taps out the design , An Eagle Figurine Display The Beautiful American Bald Eagle in a series of dots and lines) or acid etching (scratching the design , 7 Centsible Home Decorating Tips for Your Quick Home Fluff-Up on the surface of glass , A Vanity Bench Adds a Romantic and Old World Feel to Your Bedroom Decor using a sharp tool , Painting the Woodwork then subjecting the glass , Kitchen cookware and accessories to hydrofluoric acid which etched the design , A Vanity Bench Adds a Romantic and Old World Feel to Your Bedroom Decor onto the glass). How to tell crystal from cut glass Weight is the number one tip-off that something is crystal rather than glass. , Home Decor Color Trends for 2006 The lead in crystal makes it is heavier than cut glass. , Renew Your Sectional Sofa with Splashy Fabric and Re-covered Pillows The telltale ping when you flick your fingernail against crystal is another way to tell crystal from glass. , Kitchen cookware and accessories Why is modern-day crystal less brilliant than antique crystal Crystal made in the early 1900s contains about 25 to 28 percent lead. Modern crystal contains only 10 to 12 percent lead. This reduction in the lead content makes modern crystal less brilliant than antique crystal. How to tell if it is early glass Old engraving will look dark and grey against a white , Decorating with Coat Racks and Vintage Clothing for a Unique Accent to Your Home background. New glass , Finding the Right Home Furnishing Store engraving will not look grey against a white , Choosing the Right Down Comforter Set For Your Home background. Spotting reproductions There are many reproductions circulating because modern glassmakers made imitations of 18th century glass. , Leather Seat Covers There is nothing wrong with reproductions as long as you know that is what you are buying. You can spot reproductions three ways: Colour Reproductions may not have the distinctive tint caused by natural , Beaded Curtains occurring impurities. Use the white , Persian Rugs and Oriental Rugs are the Only Rugs that Talk! background test; if the engraving looks grey against the white, , Painting woodwork in and around your home the item is likely to be old. Manufacturing signs Machine-made glass , Oak Entertainment Centers will not have the rough bump under the stem that hand-blown glass , Chairs - Choosing A Rocker will have. This bump results from the item being removed from the glassblower's rod. Also, hand-blown glass , Pendleton Blankets- What's Behind This Famous Functional Art might have imperfections such as uneven thickness, ripples or striations that machine-made glass , 5 Tips to Create Style and Elegance in Your Home does not have. Proportions Styles and proportions have varied over the years. One thing to look for is that the foot on antique glass , The Charm of an Oak Computer Desk is often as wide as the bowl. Value Glass and crystal are one collectible where the secondary market is more affordable than the primary market. The reason is supply and demand. Plenty of crystal was made over the years, plenty of people took good care of it, and, as a result plenty of it is still around.  |
  
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