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We offer only a few sizes of cone glass vases at for
the time being;
we will expand our
cone’s section with
more sizes very
soon and will present
discount glass vases.
Vases have
been made since
ancient times in
all types of material,
including ceramic,
metal, and glass.
Most vases are upright
containers meant
for flowers. More
than any other form,
glass vase come
in a tremendous
variety of shapes,
color, and size,
ranging from a few
inches to several
feet tall.
Early 19th-century
vases are usually
free-blown or blown
and cut. They were
probably always
expensive, since
these objects were
basically decorative
rather than functional.
Unlike pitchers,
vases were seldom
made in bottle glass,
but were usually
produced by glasshouses
specializing in
tableware. In this
early period, the
upright celery vase
meant for the table
was often also used
for show. By mid-century,
the number of shapes
and types had greatly
increased, so that
neither criterion
can be used to date
example. Middle
19th- century pressed-glass
vases usually display
simple patterns
and striking colors.
Although these patterns
match lamp fonts,
they seldom match
set of pressed-glass
tableware. These
early colored pressed
vases, like their
free-blown counterparts,
may have been intended
for celery; in pressed
glass catalogues
of the 1860s and
1870s, the only
vases shown are
listed as “celery
stand”.
In the
late 19th century,
manufactures of
brilliant-cut glass
and art glass introduced
the corset-shaped
vase with a distinct
waist. But cut vases
also came in baluster,
pear, and trumpet
shapes as well as
irregular forms.
The trumpet shape
is probably the
most common, adopted
in glass of nearly
every type, including
Depression glass
of the 1930s. Near
the turn of the
century, elongated
vases known as “swing
vases” became fashionable
in both carnival
glass and opalescent
pressed glass. The
name comes from
the unusual method
of manufacture.
The cylindrical
shape was pressed
in a pattern mold;
then a workman “swung”
the vase on the
end of a tool, thus
using the vase own
weight to elongate
it. Finally, the
top of the vase
was ruffled for
the characteristic
rim.
As a discount
glass vases company
we try to supply
not only the best
quality vases for
florist, but also
offer some information
about glass.
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