Title: Heavy cut purple faceted crystal glass vase
Shipping: $49.00
Artist: N/A
Period: Contemporary
History: N/A
Origin: North America > United States
Condition: Excellent
Item Date: 1980 to 2000
Item ID: 2359
These new designers decided to adopt the style of the art deco design. genuine cased, mouth-blown, hand-cut, lead crystal vase. This is a heavy cut crystal vase in a beautiful purple crystal glass. Crystal’s represents the traditional timeless beauty of cased crystal. These majestic pieces of master craftsmen feature cuts around the bowl vase. The design is varied by a beautiful scallop cutting. The sculptured and faceted cuts underlines the elegance of this light purple glass. This look and design was a great crystal success. The popular art deco design proposes a unique look to timeless quality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_crystal
Lead crystal, (also called crystal), is lead glass that has been hand or machine cut with facets. Lead oxide added to the molten glass gives lead crystal a much higher index of refraction than normal glass, and consequently much greater "sparkle". The presence of lead also makes the glass softer and easier to cut. Crystal can consist of up to 35% lead, at which point it has the most sparkle. The higher lead content also makes it much more difficult to form crystal during manufacturing.
