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Title: Crystal - Making, Decorating and Characteristics
Post by: Frank on June 15, 2008, 12:29:19 PM
A basic article on these subjects extracted from the 1977 Thos. Webb & Edinburgh Crystal catalogue, has been added to Scotland's Glass. HERE (http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=35)

The entire catalogue is only available via the Glass Study.
Title: Re: Crystal - Making, Decorating and Characteristics
Post by: aa on June 15, 2008, 02:33:39 PM
Very interesting. I wonder whether the writer's mother tongue was English? It reads as if it has been translated from another language. :)
Title: Re: Crystal - Making, Decorating and Characteristics
Post by: Frank on June 15, 2008, 03:22:45 PM
I doubt it, probably Publicitish.

First time I came across the term 'Cords'... Kristi what do you think of that one  :D I vill be checking all my cut glass for bits of old rope now.
Title: Re: Crystal - Making, Decorating and Characteristics
Post by: krsilber on June 15, 2008, 10:34:26 PM
I've heard the term cords before.  Cords are especially common in high-lead glass - or especially hard to avoid, anyway.  I guess they call them cords because they can be long and thin, like a string.  Interesting that they talk about it, and say perfection is rarely achieved - sounds like they have a problem with them.  It doesn't seem to be much of an issue in ABP glass that I know of.  I'll have to look into that.

I wonder how long they've been using acid polishing. 

Nice little article!  Thanks for posting it.
Title: Re: Crystal - Making, Decorating and Characteristics
Post by: Frank on June 15, 2008, 10:39:04 PM
You can read everything in the Study.