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186 etched glass at Bankfield Museum. Glass etching, or "French embossing", is a popular technique developed during the mid-1800s that is still widely used in both residential and commercial spaces today. Glass etching comprises the techniques of creating art on the surface of glass by applying acidic, caustic, or abrasive substances.
Beaker with soldier and civilian shaking hands, Bohemian glass, later 19th century. Engraved glass is a type of decorated glass that involves shallowly engraving the surface of a glass object, either by holding it against a rotating wheel, or manipulating a "diamond point" in the style of an engraving burin.
The Portland Vase, about 5–25 AD . Cameo glass is a luxury form of glass art produced by cameo glass engraving or etching and carving through fused layers of differently colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background.
Depression glass, with its rich history and intricate craftsmanship, is a staple at any and every antique store, but that doesn’t make these pieces a dime a dozen. During the Great Depression ...
Etched stemware. The company advertised as a manufacturer of pressed glassware, and specialties were candle stands, candelabras, and banquet lamps. [24] The first piece of glass pressed at the plant was a salt dip, pattern number 93. A popular early pattern called Cascade looked like a swirl and was used for candelabras and ink wells.
Cameo glass objects were produced in two periods; between around 25 BC and 50/60 AD, and in the later Empire around the mid-third and mid-fourth century. [12] Roman glass cameos are rare objects, with only around two hundred fragments and sixteen complete pieces known, [12] only one of which dates from the later period. [13]