Antique Czech Slag Glass Art Deco Lavalier Necklace Pendant Lot 3 Rhinestone

ANTIQUE SLAG GLASS ART DECO LAVALIER NECKLACE PENDANT LOT 3 VINTAGE RHINESTONE. Beautiful vintage blue Czech glass & brass statement necklace. Slag glass, also known as marble glass or malachite glass, is a type of opaque, streaked. Production of slag glass originated in late-19th-century England, where glass manufacturers are thought to have added slag from iron-smelting works to molten glass to create a range of effectsfrom tortoiseshell to marbling. Among other uses, slag glass was a popular material for. One of the first glass foundries to produce slag glass (although it was not called that at the time) was the Gateshead, England, firm of Sowerby, which patented its recipe for purple malachite glass in 1878. Market as “blackberries and cream, ” this popular formula was followed by other malachite colors, including a lemon-yellow called Giallo, a drab green called Pomona, a blue malachite called Sorbini, and Sowerbys famous Brown, which is very difficult to find today. Since the process of making slag glass was shrouded in a certain amount of mystery, stories sprang up to try and account for the process behind the effects. For example, it was a good bet that Sowerbys Blue Nugget color of 1883 was the result of adding cadmium to molten glass, but how to explain Gold Nugget? Stories soon spread that John George Sowerby, son of the companys founder, was tossing gold sovereigns into batches of amber glass to create this dramatic hue. In the United States, manufacturers such as Westmoreland and Akro Agate picked up on the techniques developed in England and produced their own versions of slag glass. As in England, one of the most popular applications for their pressed opaque glass was in lampshades. Wide bands of creamy colors allowed the light source in a. To fill a room with a soft ivory glow, while the purples and greens and reds pieced together in detailed leaded shades resulted in multi-colored illumination. The item “ANTIQUE CZECH SLAG GLASS ART DECO LAVALIER NECKLACE PENDANT LOT 3 RHINESTONE” is in sale since Tuesday, July 31, 2018. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Costume\Art Nouveau/Art Deco 1895-1935\Necklaces & Pendants”. The seller is “4744366” and is located in Andover, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Style: Pendant necklace
• Material: Glass
• Main Stone: slag glass rhinestone
• Metal: Mixed Metals
• Ethnic Origin: Czech
• Era: art deco

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