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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shaun Steed, post: 9555733, member: 21792&quot;][ATTACH=full]456267[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is cut glass. It has no seam marks.Its heavy at 2kg.&nbsp; Its hand&nbsp; blown as I can see a bubble or two in base.No maker marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been learning about cut glass and pressed and moulded glass and I see lots of conflicting information on videos and articles I&#039;ve read including words used interchangeably.</p><p>I&#039;d appreciate some input from anybody here who can help </p><p><br /></p><p>Why I think it&#039;s cut glass from what I&#039;ve learnt from articles and video online.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see no seams - I know they could be polished out but I don&#039;t see any. </p><p><br /></p><p>I see couple tiny bubbles so that means Hand blown not pressed or moulded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why it could be cut lead cut glass? </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s heavy ( I know pressed glass.can be also)</p><p>The stopper I can see rainbow when light shone on it not, but&nbsp; so easy with decanter.</p><p>The decanter feels a little sharp when finger moves (heard that pressed glass can be also)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have UV light but I read that this would show a purple tinge If lead crystal. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The base has quite a lot of scratches which makes me think there is some age to this. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas of age? Possible maker? And if it&#039;s lead crystal.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Can hand blown glass be cut and just called cut glass but not crystal (min 24% lead)?</p><p><br /></p><p>I also read that crystal.glass nowadays doesn&#039;t have to have&nbsp; lead content can still be referred to as crystal glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>I realise that technically crystal glass is not actually crystal as well as it&#039;s not a crystal structure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for help and advice[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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