Archive for the ‘commentary’ Category
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Avon Bottles
OK, I was going to pan these glass collectibles because cars used to hold liquids and having the cap be the front grill or whatever was questionable. Or worse, add the cap for a design that does not allow it to be part of the design, like a cap on top of a Model A [...]
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Glass Decanters
Glass decanters come in so many shapes and sizes that collecting them becomes a huge project, or one is forced to specialize in only one or two types of glass decanters. The glass decanter is, as the name specifies, a place to hold some form of liquid in a container that is not the storage [...]
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Vintage Glass
Vintage glass comes in many forms. But, first, lets discuss the term “vintage.” In collectibles and antiques, vintage is the term used for things produced in the past but not old enough to be antiques. As far as I know the cutoff for antiques is still about 100 years. So, anything produced in the Twentieth [...]
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Beaded Bracelets
Beaded bracelets come in several varieties. The beads may be work into a macrame’d design woven in hemp or some other colored string, or the beads may make up the majority of the bracelet. Once you start looking, you will find many ways to make bracelets from glass beads, whether the beads are large or [...]
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Glass Pearls
Glass pearls are glass beads on which a opalescent outer shell has been deposited. The advantage of glass pearls is that, unlike other pearls, the original diameter hole is maintained so stronger or larger stringing material can be used with the pearl. Pearls usually have the smallest hole in the world of beads, which makes [...]
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Glass in the Yard or Garden
There are glass items found in the yard or garden that can be collected. The most obvious is the gazing ball. A large colored glass sphere, coated on the inside with a silvering process, is placed on a pedestal, or laid on the ground, to provide a splash of color and shine. It reflects the [...]
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Glass-like Plastic Glassware
by a Guest Author Quality glassware made with actual glass or even crystal is almost always the more elegant option over plastic, but sometimes you just don’t have a choice. Glass and crystal material, as beautiful as they are, are generally far more expensive than plastic, and a lot less durable. If you’re hosting a major event [...]
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Black Glass
Black glass is a term used for very dark colored glass as well as glass that is actually black. Usually a very dark purple or a darkly colored bottle of any color may seem to be black. The true color can be determined by holding the item to the light: usually a thinner section will provide [...]
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Decorate Your Home With Glass Wall Art
by a Guest Author Glass wall art is a sophisticated and inexpensive way to decorate your home. Whether you want rooms of your house to feel like an art gallery or just feel like home, glass art is an excellent choice. There are infinite possibilities when it comes to glass, so there is bound to [...]
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Lamps, Lanterns and Lighting Fixtures
The most obvious, and delightful, use of glass is in the field of lighting. Glass provides a relatively safe receptacle for the source of the light, and the perfect way of disseminating or directing the light where needed. A glass reservoir for an oil lamp contains the fuel and provides a way to see how much [...]
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Desk and Coffee Table
There a number of items that can be found on the desk or table top that are made out of glass. Let’s start with the desk. Glass in and out trays are available for those people who have large desk tops where stacking trays are not needed. Glass in-and-out trays would also make great gifts to [...]
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Cut Glass
First made from flint glass, lead glass formulas made cut glass scintillate like never before. The period from 1880 to the First World War saw the height of cut glass popularity, and due to the lead the United States glass houses took in the development of lead glass formulas and cutting glass, this is known as [...]