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<p>[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 5591690, member: 70"]I believe the iced tea shown and the line at Big R are the same, glass, color and etch. The etch appears to be a "pantograph" etch as opposed to a "plate" etch.</p><p><br /></p><p>The difference being Pantograph is scratched into the wax on the glass by a machine, while a plate etch is a layer of wax transferred from a prepared steel plate onto the glass with the design already on it. Difference being speed of production, plate etching requires less (no) skill, time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 5591690, member: 70"]I believe the iced tea shown and the line at Big R are the same, glass, color and etch. The etch appears to be a "pantograph" etch as opposed to a "plate" etch. The difference being Pantograph is scratched into the wax on the glass by a machine, while a plate etch is a layer of wax transferred from a prepared steel plate onto the glass with the design already on it. Difference being speed of production, plate etching requires less (no) skill, time.[/QUOTE]
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