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  2. Mercury glass - Wikipedia

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    The New England Glass Company displayed a variety of silvered glass articles including copper wheel engraved goblets, vases and other tableware at the 1853 New Crystal Palace Exhibition. Silvered mercury glass from Bohemia was also decorated with a variety of techniques including painting, enameling, etching, and surface engraving.

  3. Flower bouquet - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese ikebana flower bouquet in a vase. Beach Wedding Bouquet. The arrangement of flowers for home or building decor has a long history worldwide. The oldest evidence of formal arranging of bouquets in vases comes from ancient Egypt, and depictions of flower arrangements date to the Old Kingdom (~2500 BCE). The sacred lotus, as were herbs ...

  4. J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company - Wikipedia

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    J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier & Company Peach Blow Vase, 1886, on display in the Walters Art Museum. In 1886, a Chinese porcelain vase on a stand was sold at auction for $18,000 (equivalent to $610,400 in 2023). The vase and stand were from a collection belonging to Mary Morgan, and the purchaser was William T. Walters of Baltimore. [74]

  5. Carnival glass - Wikipedia

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    A carnival glass vase. Carnival glass is moulded or pressed glass to which an iridescent surface shimmer has been applied. It has previously been referred to as aurora glass, dope glass, rainbow glass, taffeta glass, and disparagingly as 'poor man's Tiffany'. The name Carnival glass was adopted by collectors in the 1950s as items of it were ...

  6. Ormolu - Wikipedia

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    Ormolu. Ormolu (/ ˈɔːrməˌluː /; from French or moulu 'ground/pounded gold') is the gilding technique of applying finely ground, high-carat gold – mercury amalgam to an object of bronze, and objects finished in this way. The mercury is driven off in a kiln, leaving behind a gold coating.

  7. Typology of Greek vase shapes - Wikipedia

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    Typology of Greek vase shapes. A Nolan amphora, a type with a longer and narrower neck than usual, from Nola. Attic komast cup, a variety of kylix, Louvre. Diagram of the parts of a typical Athenian vase, in this case a volute krater. The pottery of ancient Greece has a long history and the form of Greek vase shapes has had a continuous ...

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