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Today when thrifting I found these three pieces of glass that I fell in love with
They are not expensive or valuable pieces, but interesting in their shapes and designs
I have seen many pieces like this one
I like the little handle
I found this 3 section dish and love the shape and the design at one end
I will call this a sugar bowl, but I am not sure of that
I find the handles very uniqueI am not an expert on glass, and I hear these two terms used but I'm not completely clear about the exact meaning of each. Here is what I found...
Pressed glass is a form of glass made using a plunger to press molten glass into mold. It was first patented by American inventor John P. Bakewell in 1825 to make knobs for furniture.
The technique was developed in the United States from the 1820s and in Europe, particularly France, Bohemia, and Sweden from the 1830s. By the mid-19th century most inexpensive mass-produced was pressed.
Cut glass generally refers to a glass piece that has been decorated entirely with cutting. Cut glass is decorated by hand by cutting away some of the glass with rotating wheels made of iron or stone. Glass must have at least 40% lead oxide in order to be cut by the rotating wheels without shattering. The higher the lead oxide content in the glass, the better the cutting results. This leaded glass is called crystal. All cut glass is crystal. However, all crystal is not cut glass because a lot of crystal is decorated in different ways such as etching or painting.
Cuts are made on a smooth surface of glass by craftsmen who know just how to hold and move the piece of glass against these rotating wheels to produce the desired pattern. The wheel cuts straight notches with sharp angles into the glass. The more light reflecting surfaces from straight angles, the greater the sparkle in the piece of crystal.
Cut glass, or cut leaded crystal, has three unique characteristics:
< (1) When gently tapped with a finger, cut glass emits a bell-like tone. (2) Cut glass is distinctly clearer and more brilliant than glass pieces made by any other method. (3) Cut glass pieces weigh much more than pieces of the same size made of unleaded glass
More information about cut glass HERE
So with out a doubt these pieces are all pressed glass. I do have some cut glass but much more pressed glass and this has helped me to understand the difference.