Topic: Art Nouveau? ruby flashed acid etched & also replacement sandblasted?doors

[Frank]

Such panels appear in builders and glaziers catalogue from 1800s to at least 1930s and worldwide. So many have disappeared as once broken few can afford replacing - so all power to you for doing so.

[flying free]

At that time is was very difficult to do so, and I only found one maker prepared to do them.  The insurance company rang round to try and reduce the quote and couldn't find anyone else country wide either, so them it was. 
I've added a hopefully slightly better picture and one of what was used as the firescreen (also I don't think Art Nouveau actually but Victorian), which was in front of a huge Heath-Robinson type contraption fire (removed before we moved in unfortunately). 
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[krsilber]

Gorgeous firescreen!

[krsilber]

Here I was just saying I've never seen anything like your windows in the US, and whaddaya know, I saw one today.  

Any idea who made etched stained plate glass?

[flying free]

thanks all for your lovely comments  :sun: 
Kristi I absolutely love that etched stained glass even better than etch on clear...I'm jealous  :mrgreen: |'ll have hunt around and see if I can find any more info on that sort of thing.
Once I get a minute I shall upload some pics to this thread of some gorgeous window glass I saw in a Gaudi building in Barcelona recently  -  that was true envy inducing stuff.
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[Frank]

These are commom in US and Europe. Probably mostly produced by sheet glass makers and largely sold through builders Merchants. However there were also specialist manufacturers I have catalogues from both British and American makers. Wether these makers made the sheet is unclear, probably bought in but decorated by the companies. On top of that there would be makers producing by the cylinder method too, at least in 19th and earlier part of 20th century... with one or two probably still doing it today.