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Inside Painting Glass
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If you like shiny things, you will love mercury glass. Sometimes referred to as "poor man's silver" because from a distance it has the distinct appearance of silver hollowware. Mercury glass was first made in the 1840s and at that time was much less expensive than real silver.
It was originally patented in England by Hal Thomas and Edward Varnish in 1849. A patent in the United States followed in 1855 by Thomas Leighton of the New England Glass Company. This unusual glass is also known as silvered glass or varnish glass.
Early in the production process the materials used to coat the interior walls of these pieces did contain some mercury but the mercury content proved to be a poor choice and was replaced with silver nitrate. However the name mercury glass stuck and is still used to describe many different silvered glass items.
The look of mercury glass was created by pouring a "silvery" liquid into the space between two walls of glass accessed through a hole in the bottom of the piece. After the space was filled, the hole was closed using some sort of plug. Its continued good looks were directly related to the security of the plug. If the plug became loose or fell out, the opening would cause the silvering to fade, peel or get cloudy resulting in the loss of the silver coating inside.
Many pieces of mercury glass are decorated. Since the double glass walls of each piece were thin and the piece itself was actually hollow, a manufacturer could not actually cut a design as they did on other types of glass. The decorations on mercury glass were created either by applied decals, acid etching or enamel painting. In an attempt to give a more ornate appearance to some of this glass, you will find that a percentage of the mercury glass that was produced in its heyday had a gold colored lacquer finish on the inside which is usually referred to as a "gold wash."
Although some beautifully decorated pieces were made, to include many different souvenir goblets, the lower valued pieces that were produced for the working class allowed many people to display a real "luxury" item in their homes. Local churches that did not benefit from wealthy contributors also used mercury glass in the form of crucifixes, candle holders and statues. Other items popular with the general public included lamps, vases, plates and figures.
Mercury glass that is in excellent condition can really turn one's head. The popularity of this distinctive glass started to wane around 1885 and by the turn of the century any interest in it had virtually disappeared. It did enjoy a slight rebirth during the Art Deco period of the 1930s and 1940s. Items such as mercury glass flamingos became a rather hot commodity for all Deco lovers.
Some rather nice original mercury glass collectibles can still be found at auctions today, as well as antique malls. A creative innovation for its time, today it continues to be mistaken for sterling or silver plate. However, when a person gets close enough to this antique glass, he or she realizes it is something much more unique than just a piece of metal ware.
Anne Benedetto is a former auction house owner and former dealer in the antiques and collectibles business, as well as a writer. She presently provides people with important facts, behind the scenes information, helpful tips and first hand knowledge of the brick and mortar auction business. Visit Anne at http://AuctionHouseTalk.com which is an interactive site that also supplies people with original niche related content in AHTs Article Arcade section.
Inside Painted Chinese Snuff Bottles
There are some really incredible antique Chinese snuff bottles, mostly made of glass, that have been painted, but on the inside of the bottle! When one looks at the size of the hole it does seem to be a very difficult achievement, yet they have succeeded in painting attractive scenes, often including calligraphy, such as a poem, or a few lines, apart from the artists signature.
There are many poor modern inside painted bottles available, but there are some modern ones that can be very attractive to collect too.
Some antique snuff bottles that are highly valued are painted with a portrait on one side and calligraphy on the other. When one considers, that they have had to paint the eye brows and eye lashes before the remaining essentials to create these portraits, that are so good and detailed that they almost look like miniature photographic prints, it is easy to understand why they are so highly prized!
But what I feel are also remarkable are the inside painted snuff bottles that were not originally made to be painted by these artists. I know of a bottle where the painter has taken a very poorly hollowed rock crystal snuff bottle and painted the inside with a wonderfully detailed scene of colourful fish that extend all round the internal surfaces, it also includes his signature. In this instance the two internal opposite surfaces of the bottle are only about 3millimeters apart (about the same size as the hole) so how one side could be painted without spoiling the other is really hard to believe.
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I have a painting by chicago portrait co. It is of the u.s. capitol before it burned. It is dated 1916.?
We have had it since 1956. It is oval glass painted from the inside. It has a wood oval shaped frame. It is in very good condition. Does any one know if it has value?
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