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Contacts in Krasnodar
“Evans - UG”
LTD
Russia,
Krasnodar
Phone: +7 (861) 274-29-70;
Phone: +7 (861) 274-37-67;
Fax: +7 (861) 211-91-71;
Mobile:
+7-903-45-48-226
E-mail:
info@evans-ug.ru
Web: http://www.evans-ug.ru
Glass, as material, chronology
Glass maybe the most important material in our lives today. So many products we make from it today, including windows for the house, cars, cameras, telescopes, bottles and jars, televisions and computer screens, light bulbs and, art glass, bijouterie, blue glassware, bohemian glass, clear glass vases, glassware, decorative glass, design glassware, glass vases, glassware, hand blown glassware, shot glass, silver vases that were developed from glass technology. Glass can be clear or colored, core-formed, free-blown, mould-blown to give an optic decoration, ribbed or trailed with colored threads, or applied with decoration such as leaves and flowers or handles and feet. It can be mixed to give a malachite effect, press-molded, cast in a similar way to bronzes, and cased in layers of different colors and blown into metal mounts. After it is cooled it can then be cut with all manner of designs copper wheel engraved, Intaglio cut or rock crystal engraved, acid-etched, enameled, and gilded and finally cameo carved.
Enameling was introduced in the 15th century. Some of the most spectacular examples are the Islamic mosque lamps that became the inspiration for many late 19th century enameled lamps and vases.
Venetian glass, it was discovered, was too hard when, in the 17th century, tastes changed to include engraved and carved glass. Glassmakers in Silesia and Bohemia developed potash glass which was suitable for the new fashion. The British contribution was the development of lead crystal glass by George Ravenscroft at the end of the 17th century. It was much softer than other glass that lent itself to the new fashion for baluster glasses, and later for lustrous cutting. 18th century British drinking glasses are as popular as ever. Early heavy balusters, engraved Newcastle light balusters, color twists and Beilby enameled glasses are quite expensive, but there are still plenty of interesting modestly-priced glasses.
The 19th century saw the rise of the French and Belgian glasshouses which, helped initially by the British, soon created their own styles of cut glass. The popularity of the paperweight in the 1840s saw the rise in importance of Baccarat, St Louis and Clichy.
Pressed glass was introduced from America in the early 19th century but it was in the l870s and '80s that companies such as Sowerby and Davidson took pressing from Imitating cut glass to an art form with the introduction of items inspired by Walter Crane's illustrations and aesthetic Japanese designs that highly influenced all decorated glass.
The Americans became captivated with their brilliant cut-glass, Tiffany iridescent vases and their wonderful lamps and, on a more commercial scale; there was a wide variety of colorful Carnival glass.
The period between the wars saw the influence of the Scandinavian countries with the introduction of beautiful simple shapes, the techniques of Arial and Graal.
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