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Carnival Glass queries

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Glen:
Woah...... can't I play the 50:50 option?

Anyhow, let's quickly do "stippled". This is where the background (usually) of a pressed glass pattern has a textured effect akin to dotting all over with a pencil. In order to make stippling, a "dotted" pattern is punched into the metal mould. This then has a stippled effect on the finished glass pattern.

On Carnival, stippling is attractive because it allows the iridescence to have extra light catch it, so it really does add to the overall effect. Some patterns are known with and without stippled background. In this case, the stippling will make a piece more attractive and go for a bit more of my Millionaire winnings. "Good Luck" and "Grape & Cable" are two such examples. Here's a detail of a blue Good Luck bowl that will show you the stippled background.


Glen

David E:
Yes, thanks for that Glen and very well answered. Just posted the next query as another thread.

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