What do you mean by brilliant cut glass?
Brilliant cut is a phrase you may have heard before, as it is widely used to describe precious gems such as diamonds. It’s a highly skilled crafting process which involves cutting the material at angles so that light passing through is refracted to give a dazzling appearance.
Where can I find American brilliant cut glass?
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What was the most popular type of cut glass?
Strawberry diamond and fan: This pattern has a square diamond, marked on top with an X, with fan scallops at the edges. It was the most popular type of American brilliant cut glass during the American brilliant period.
When was the American brilliant period of cut glass?
Ralf Roletschek/Wikimedia Commons/GNU Free Documentation License. The American Brilliant Period in cut glass history began around 1850 and lasted into the early 1900s.
What kind of glass is American brilliant cut?
Items with an outer layer of colored glass, called cut-to-clear, also bring high prices. Be sure to do some research to make sure you’re not purchasing a piece of newer European glass. The new pieces don’t have the fine look of American Brilliant cut-to-clear glass but can be confusing to a novice just the same.
Strawberry diamond and fan: This pattern has a square diamond, marked on top with an X, with fan scallops at the edges. It was the most popular type of American brilliant cut glass during the American brilliant period.
What kind of glass was made in the American brilliant period?
The nicest pieces of cut glass have a high lead oxide content giving them extra sparkle showing off the exceptional shine of the cutting in this clear glass. Through the American Brilliant Period, crafters moved away from hand blowing blanks to blown glass made with molds, and eventually incorporated design elements in the blown mold as well.
When did they start making crystal cut glass?
Few items add as much elegance and beauty to a room as a piece of crystal or cut glass, especially American brilliant cut glass. The American brilliant period, 1880 to 1905, utilized new technologies to make cut glassware of surpassing beauty. Now that beauty can be yours.
