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- Mercury_glass abstract "Mercury glass (or silvered glass) is glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although mercury was originally used to provide the reflective coating for mirrors, elemental mercury was never used to create tableware. Silvered glass was free-blown, then silvered with a solution containing silver nitrate and grape sugar in solution, heated, then closed. Sealing methods include metal discs covered with a glass round (England) or a cork inserted into the unpolished pontil scar (American). "Mercury" silvered glass was produced originally from around 1840 until at least 1930 in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), Germany and also manufactured in England from 1849-55. Edward Varnish and Frederick Hale Thomson patented the technique for silvering glass vessels in 1849. The English examples were often cased with a layer of colored glass then cut to silver as illustrated in the photograph.Companies in the United States, including the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, New England Glass Company Union Glass Co., and the Boston Silver Glass Company, made silvered glass from about 1852-80. The New England Glass Company displayed a variety of silvered glass articles including copper wheel engraved goblets, vases and other tableware at the 1853 New Crystal Palace Exhibition. Silvered mercury glass from Bohemia was also decorated with a variety of techniques including painting, enameling, etching, and surface engraving. Silvered "mercury" glass is considered one of the first true "art glass" types, that is, glass that was made for display and for its inherent artistic value rather than for utilitarian use. Authentic antique silvered glass pieces are still available in a wide range of decorative items and usually sold as mercury glass. There are many reproductions currently marketed as "mercury glass," in table form, ornaments and other objects. New "mercury glass" can be distinguished from antique silvered glass in several ways, including lack of a double wall, and solid bottoms that are different from true antique silvered glass.==References=="Mirrored Images: American Silvered Glass 2001 - Accessed 2 Jul7 2008Diane Lytwyn, "Pictorial Guide to Silvered Mercury Glass", 2007".
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- Mercury_glass wikiPageExternalLink www.antiquemercuryglass.com.
- Mercury_glass wikiPageExternalLink 2001mirroredimages.
- Mercury_glass wikiPageID "4846119".
- Mercury_glass wikiPageRevisionID "603690125".
- Mercury_glass hasPhotoCollection Mercury_glass.
- Mercury_glass subject Category:Glass_coating_and_surface_modification.
- Mercury_glass comment "Mercury glass (or silvered glass) is glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although mercury was originally used to provide the reflective coating for mirrors, elemental mercury was never used to create tableware. Silvered glass was free-blown, then silvered with a solution containing silver nitrate and grape sugar in solution, heated, then closed.".
- Mercury_glass label "Mercury glass".
- Mercury_glass label "Silberglas".
- Mercury_glass label "Verre mercuré".
- Mercury_glass label "水銀玻璃".
- Mercury_glass sameAs Silberglas.
- Mercury_glass sameAs Verre_mercuré.
- Mercury_glass sameAs m.0cqqgc.
- Mercury_glass sameAs Q335862.
- Mercury_glass sameAs Q335862.
- Mercury_glass wasDerivedFrom Mercury_glass?oldid=603690125.
- Mercury_glass depiction GroupMercuryCover3.JPG.
- Mercury_glass isPrimaryTopicOf Mercury_glass.
