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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: keith on September 16, 2009, 08:08:33 PM

Title: Silvered candlestick,i.d please.
Post by: keith on September 16, 2009, 08:08:33 PM

10 inches tall,wear to the base not in to good condition,Keith.

Title: Re: Silvered candlestick,i.d please.
Post by: malwodyn on September 17, 2009, 01:38:15 PM

Looks a bit like the sort of stuff Varnish was making in the 19th century.

Title: Re: Silvered candlestick,i.d please.
Post by: keith on September 17, 2009, 04:08:16 PM

That was one company I'd considered,ta,Keith.

Title: Re: Silvered candlestick,i.d please.
Post by: Ivo on September 17, 2009, 05:49:30 PM

http://www.theglassmuseum.com/mercury.html
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Title: Re: Silvered candlestick,i.d please.
Post by: keith on September 17, 2009, 06:24:27 PM

Thanks Ivo,most interesting,silver nitrate and grape juice??how did they come up with that concoction??Keith.