Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-11
HOW GLASS Is OUT.
. PROCESS Which Requires the Ut
- ,s, Care and Skill.

A PROCESS
most Care and skill.
.,rhora are six processes for cutting
cold the manager of q glassware
s.ornfactory to a reporter OF the Ne"
- Mail. The first is termed rough
An iron wheel, on which sano
'1n rod with water continually drips, digs
N' ~ tho nattern. AS there are only few
s,nos traced on the glass whereby to go,
,his ia a very difficult task. All glass
.,,,t,ng is done by crossing certain
strair6t lines at certain points II, IN
glass cutting, tne "neel m mbo1e
ei,s n glass IS ruined. The workmen
PEE erefore compelled to keep their eyes
arc + sl work all the time. The glass IT.
gu u,t ia made in Baccarat, Germany. IL
sen .ho finest glass made. 1t is termed
IotoIIlc because a large part OF 1t Is
n niivsr it is bought by the pound and Is
Sary expensive in the bulk.
vine second process Is called smootn.
ing. The wheel used l0r lnls 10 ina rue vi
Enotch Craigeth stone. Water runs freely
80 "a il revolVes. 1t smooths out all
.so ~ romgh edges on the lines which have
Sasn dug out in the first process.
"a fer this comes the different modes
otnolishing. A wooden wheel and pow
Sared nnmice stone are first used. These
tole ont the wrinkles on the SURFACE OF
.ha glass, Then follows a brush with
whieh pumice stonei used. Then orusn
and putty powder. Lastly, pun "neei'
noda of nearly SO pieces of Canton han
nnI and rouge. The pieces of flannel are
innsa Int the m machinery causes them to
-oyoIye so rapidly, about 5000 revolu-
,ions IN the minute, that the wheel seems
os hard az board. The last process not
onIv noljsnes, but imparts beautiful
0Ioss m the surface of the glass. Then 1t
ssThere have been very few changes in
the art of glass cutting for centuries:
Excent that we now use steam instead OF
toot. nower. we have no advantage over
The enters of two hundred years ago.
There are only two manufacturers OF the
rough metal in this country, and their
vlass is of inferior quality. Workmen
have TO serve long apprenticeship before
fhey master the trade. An expert work
man receives high pay. 1t is very close,
combining work and makes them all look
male. A great many Swiss and Bohemians
are employed. The cutting Of lapidary
work. 1t requires the greatest exact.
uess. because there are so many diamond
ebaped figures in a small space, Very
few can do this work well. There is one
old man in this country who 10 looked up
TO by all the other workmen. They say
he carries q charm. Re is the most eX-
pert cutter OF lapidary shoppers in the
country. Not only does he cut them all
perfectly, but be gives them finer polish
than anybody else can. He is closely
watched by his fellow workmen, who say
they have observed him take something
from his pocket and rub the stopper with
ii. He has been offered large sums fol
his secret, but has always refused to sell
it.
''There is of course some smashing.
think 1t is safe to say that out OF every five
pieces, costing 81 30 each, one is broken,
sometimes the broken pieces can be Cut
TO advantage, but more frequently it is
valueless. The broken glass is often re-
turned to the manufacturer, because the
breakage was due to flaw in the glass
This sort of glass goes through an anneal
ing process. That's, in manufacturing il
is put In the oven a number of times a.
graded degrees of temperature. This
hardens the glass. Usually flaw can be
discovered before cutting. Much more
smashing is done carelessly by customers
down stairs than by our workmen. Clerks
do their share, too. OF course the firm
has to bear the expense.
"COlored cut glass is very expensive
The color is put on IN the same way as
silver plate, and then part of 1t is cut
away. 1t leaves the blended effect of color
and no color. The polar star is one of the
prettiest designs. Many customers bring
US original designs which they wish
made. Many of them are very odd, and
some are imnO jhIa RI