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Collectors of American cut glass refer to the era circa 1870s to early 20th century as the Brilliant Period.
Highest listing price on eBay: $400. Doric and Pansy by Jeannette Ultramarine is a stunning Depression glass pattern with intricate floral details and a striking blue-green hue. Produced from 1937 ...
The factory provided fine quality glass tableware and decorative glass figurines. Both pressed and blown glassware were made in a wide variety of patterns and colors. The company also made glass automobile headlights and Holophane Glassware lighting fixtures. The company was operated by Heisey and his sons until 1957, when the factory closed.
Bowl of a wine glass in typical cut glass style Cut glass chandelier in Edinburgh. Cut glass or cut-glass is a technique and a style of decorating glass. For some time the style has often been produced by other techniques such as the use of moulding, but the original technique of cutting glass on an abrasive wheel is still used in luxury products.
J.S. O’Connor Rich Cut Glass has been described as one of the most extensive glass cutting factories in America with O’Connor recalled as one of the finest glass cutters in the nation. The factory was said to be one of a kind in America, run by waterpower and lit by electricity generated by its own electrical plant.
Steuben Glass is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Frederick Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York, which is in Steuben County, from which the company name was derived. Hawkes was the owner of the largest cut glass firm then operating in Corning.
Cut glass is glass designed by a skilled hand and requires high-quality ingredients. [7] Bakewell and Company also gained fame because it began producing the first successful American glassware containing lead oxide, known as lead crystal. [6] The title for who made the first pressed glassware in America was contested among John P. Bakewell ...
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