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2. Beveled glass - Wikipedia

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   A beveled glass mirror, ca. 1910. Beveled glass is usually made by taking thick glass and creating an angled surface cut around the entire periphery. [1] Bevels act as prisms in sunlight creating an interesting color refraction which both highlights the glass work and provides a spectrum of colors which would ordinarily be absent in clear float glass.

3. List of defunct glassmaking companies - Wikipedia

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   Hartford City Glass Company. Hazel-Atlas Glass Company. Heisey Glass Company. Helio (Cambridge Glass) Hemingray Glass Company. Indiana Glass Company. J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company. James Powell and Sons. Jersey Glass Company.

4. How to Shop for Vintage Mirrors the Right Way ... - AOL

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   Annie Schlechter. When shopping at a vintage shop or flea market, carefully examine any mirrors that catch your eye and take note of their condition. You may find a marker's mark on the back that ...

5. Pier glass - Wikipedia

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   A pier glass or trumeau mirror is a mirror which is placed on a pier, i.e. a wall between two windows supporting an upper structure. [1] It is therefore generally of a long and tall shape to fit the space. It may be as a hanging mirror or as mirrored glass affixed flush to the pier, in which case it is sometimes of the same shape and design as ...

6. Mercury glass - Wikipedia

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   Mercury glass (or silvered glass) is glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although mercury was originally used to provide the reflective coating for mirrors, elemental mercury was never used to create tableware. Silvered glass was free-blown, then silvered with a ...

7. Reverse glass painting - Wikipedia

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   Reverse glass painting. Captain Joseph – Chinese reverse glass painting from c. 1785 – 1789. Reverse painting on glass is an art form consisting of applying paint to a piece of glass and then viewing the image by turning the glass over and looking through the glass at the image. Another term used to refer to the art of cold painting and ...