1
British & Irish Glass / Re: Victorian frosted
« Last post by Ekimp on Today at 01:13:25 PM »Yes, I saw the jugs one earlier, I see he’s added two videos for drinking glasses. He also shows the glass on his website, the frosted goblets on their own page: http://www.lovedecanters.co.uk/LDGlassesFrosted.html
On his website he says frosted items became popular in the 1850s after Richardsons perfected the technique for creating a frosted surface on glass using acid. He says something similar at the start of the jug video. I’m sure this is wrong and that the Richardson developments in the 1850s he talks about were for acid etching to create lines/patterns, cameo glass or acid polishing. As I mentioned, Hajdamach says it was Northwood who developed acid frosting in the U.K. c.1867 (not that all frosted glass after that date was frosted by acid).
I personally doubt that any of those frosted goblets and jugs he shows are frosted by acid (but I don’t have them in my hands so could be wrong). With the jugs, you can see that acid frosting is unlikely by the way some of the areas around the handle attachments have been treated.
On his website he says frosted items became popular in the 1850s after Richardsons perfected the technique for creating a frosted surface on glass using acid. He says something similar at the start of the jug video. I’m sure this is wrong and that the Richardson developments in the 1850s he talks about were for acid etching to create lines/patterns, cameo glass or acid polishing. As I mentioned, Hajdamach says it was Northwood who developed acid frosting in the U.K. c.1867 (not that all frosted glass after that date was frosted by acid).
I personally doubt that any of those frosted goblets and jugs he shows are frosted by acid (but I don’t have them in my hands so could be wrong). With the jugs, you can see that acid frosting is unlikely by the way some of the areas around the handle attachments have been treated.