OZ51 Tiffin Elegant BLACK (Amethyst) GLASS Hand-Painted 10" Bud Vase

Description

Beautiful Hand-Painted Black (Amethyst) Elegant Glass 10" Vase by Tiffin, in excellent undamaged vintage condition.
ELEGANT, DEPRESSION & BROCADED GLASS
Fostoria, Tiffin, Cambridge, Central, Consolidated, Fenton, Imperial, Diamond, Duncan & Miller, Heisey, Pairpoint, Paden City, New Martinsville, Morgantown, L. E. Smith, et al.
Late 1920s through late 1950s
Beautiful Hand-Painted Black (Amethyst) Elegant Glass 10" Vase by Tiffin, in excellent undamaged vintage condition.
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BROCADED GLASS
is the name given to the result of a fifteen-step process of acid-etching and iridizing elegant glass. Brocaded Glass
was only produced by a few glass makers.
Fostoria  Glass Co.
, where Brocaded Glass had been produced for three or four years prior to 1929, was a short distance down river from
Central Glass
, which was directly across the river from
Imperial Glass Co.
When the Great Depression hit in 1929, employees from
Fostoria
went up river to
Imperial
and
Central Glass
to get extra work; they brought their knowledge of Brocaded Glass making with them.
Imperial's
Brocaded Daffodils
in white, pink and ice green went on the market in Dec. 1929 and lasted to 1932.
Central Glass
'
Brocaded Roses
was produced for a couple of years until
Central
Glass
ceased operation in 1933. After 1932 most glass companies went to depression glass.
ELEGANT GLASS
was at least partially hand made during production. Elegant glass manufacturers produced colors more vibrant and varied than those found in Depression Glass.  Shades of red, blue, green, amber, yellow, smoke, amethyst, and pink were produced.  Pressed Elegant glass was fire polished to get rid of normal flaws found in pressed glass such as straw marks, raised seams, etc. The base of bowls & platters, etc. was ground so it would sit evenly on a table. Elegant glass was often satinized or iridized, and patterns were embellished with acid etching, cutting, enamel decoration, gold encrustation, platinum and gold trim.
DEPRESSION GLASS
is the name generally used to describe machine-produced colored, transparent glassware made from 1929-1939, although production extended both before and after that period, that did not receive the finishing work applied to
Elegant
glassware. Companies also manufactured a good deal of clear crystal glassware and opaque glassware during that period, with some glass being embellished with gold, platinum or even colored enamel; this is also considered
Depression Glass
.  Some patterns continued to be produced into the 1950's and even later. The most distinguishing thing about
Depression Glass
is really the time of manufacture.
Excellent Undamaged Antique Condition
means that while a
listed
item has no post-production damage such as chips or cracks,
it may have discernible minor wear from usage and/or nesting (stacking)
. This wear will be mentioned and/or highlighted with its own photo
if over-moderate
. In my opinion, there are very, very few pieces of Carnival Glass that don't have an imperfection of some sort, whether from production or use, that can't be found with careful inspection, but that doesn't impact the presentation.
Production conditions in the early 1900s were dirty and dangerous; there was no "Quality Control" as we know it now. Issues resultant from these conditions include:
Air bubbles
in the glass that were not squeezed out during pressing.
Heat checks
which are internal rifts filled with air (which is why you can see them), usually from a burst air bubble.
Inclusions
in or on the surface of the glass, such as ash and cinders. Often found in the flames of vases and rims of bowls were it settled during pressing.
Strands
of undissolved colorant (usually in green glass).
Straw marks
which are lines
in the glass caused by premature solidification where the molten glass was
snipped from the gathering rod with cool metal shears when the mould was full; lines also formed on the surface during the cooling process.
Tool marks
from implements used to form the edge or influence the shape.
Mold issues
related to filling and release such as incomplete or malformed edges,
rough seams, extra glass at seams; webbed, incomplete or pulled edge points.
Cooling issues
such as
uneven legs, slanted stems or a bowed base (causing rocking), surface lines and heat checks.
Production issues may be undesirable in the extreme, but they do not qualify as "damage" and will be found to some degree on nearly all antique glassware. Issues of wear will be left to your discretion.
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All items are bubble wrapped. No tape is used on the bubble wrap (YAY!). Carton voids are filled with cushioning peanuts. Cartons are labeled GLASS or FRAGILE, and
shipped in one business day or, if I'm away, ASAP upon my return.
All shipments are insured. International shipments will travel via USPS Priority Mail International for insurance and tracking purposes. The declared customs value may include the shipping charge depending on your country's import policies.
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