The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
or tND PRESSED GLiSS.
IN Man, shapes u l. DlniruIi To Tell the
Two Apart.

What - known commercially a. pressed
glass - now made with such a close re-
Semblance To real cut glass that even
experienced buyers are often deceived
Closed IN p'C-s II cut glass, such as
vases. jugs. bottles pitchers and the
like. cannot he duplicated in pressed
glassware. because some way - yet Ia Ina
devised 10y which the pressed lines " hen
put on the wheel to 10 cut can 10 follow 81
through 20 the opposite sid" ~ the pressed
part prevents the workman from s"..in <
through IN" gla>s
Open ~ork however. such a. plataS
plaques. naprle-. shallow bowls Sc
which are first moulded IN patterns and
then have the edges ground. can b" made
To resemble th" real thing 80 closely that
even experts are deceived
The buyer who wants the real thing IN
cut glass cannot GO wrong II he confines
his purchases to closed In articles IN the
case ~ open work pieces the hest test
j. that 81 weight Tn" genuine article
according 10 Pottery and Gidss. j. made
from pur. lead glass. manufactured
chiefly IN America especially for cutting
This lead glass - very heavy
The first step toward cutting j. 10 marx
on the blank. thai - the dish m he clear
glass in red or other paint. N. design that
has b--n selected for b, The most com
mon designs are diamond shapes. stars
~ various points. crosses and squares
and other geOmetrical patterns
The design must b- marked On tn. glass
exactly to stand the test 81 compass and
rule When all lines are IN p-rfrct ac-
CordanC" with IN" pattern and also IN
-. Il -
cutting the heavy WORK. such a. tn. u"ck-
II vases and bottles, and tn" heavy lines
on the stars.
Tins II done on a machine called the
mill bag wooden framed afaIr. on top
Of which II "A hopper holding about half "A
the only KIND m this ,oIntry that has
proved satisfactory for this work The
sand runs down through the hopper ~
molstened with water and comes ont oi
a large steel disc. IN" edge of which d.
sharp
THIS disc il turned 10y power az a very
high spe..d The wer sand Of the dI-C
gives II a tooth. which when the glass
IL held against the adg" Of the disc cuts
very rapidly. All the cnar-" and heavy
cutting is done on this mill
The cutting an Of IN" finer work begins
on a mill with a ston" disc resembling
an old fashioned grindstpne. hut much
narrower and With bevellsd edg" Thee"
stones come chiefly from Italy or SCOT
land. They are very hard and carry a
keen edge a long time They are used
for fine cutting altogether
Their" IN a stone found IN Nova Scotia.
much softer. that cuts quicker and IL u>.,.i
for futing on water BOTTLES and COMFORTS
where heavy cuts are desired. Very often
a. many "a fifteen or twenty different
stones ~ varying degrees Of hardness
are used for the cutting OF one article
After the design has been all cut comes
one Of he most difficult parts 81 the work
the polishing This - done on the outside
Of the work with a high speed brush wheel
covered With moistensd pumice stone
powdered This stone j. lava thrown oF
bv \ volcano Large wooden discs made To
m the cuts and fed with punice ana
water are Used for polishlnR the fine work
matt m