This created tiny air pockets that appeared as swirling bubbles when the glass cooled. Since there is not sufficient room here to cover them all well, we ll hit a few of the highlights. The applied rim was a decorating technique in which a band of glass with a contrasting color was bonded to the edge of a piece of glassware. Some of Morgantown s most striking glasswares have applied rims. Such wares were never produced in large numbers and are now considered to be scarce.
Cased glass shows two different glass colors together.
The inside of the cased glass is generally white and the exterior is a bolder color. Large cased glass items include Morgantown pitchers and vases. Both detailed needle and plate etching designs were created using acid etching techniques. These companies also frequently contracted out to other firms to provide etched decorations for the company s glass blanks. While it is well known that etching was done within the walls of the Morgantown glass factory, there is little documentary evidence to suggest exactly how much of the etched decoration appearing on Morgantown glass was done in-house and how much was contracted out to other firms.