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<p>[QUOTE="ritzyvintage, post: 3434184, member: 18191"]I agree the glass is soda-lime. The bubbles were created by adding powdered chalk to the molten glass to create a sporadic distribution of bubbles of different sizes rather than being controlled & uniform in shape... <u>OR</u>, used glass bottles were used/melted down and the bubbles were caused by impurities. The glass foot appears to have been lathe-turned, rather than spun-out by hand. As for the name of engraver or sandblaster, it could be anybody and not necessarily an artist from the glass producing factory. The guy sitting & wearing a hat, looks to me as being sat upon a Chinese Junk/boat, which may also indicate its country of origin, perhaps? </p><p><br /></p><p>Given the brittle nature of soda glass, together with the bubbles upon/within the top-edge rim of the cocktail/martini glass, and the wall-thickness, there will come a point in its history when splinters/flea-bites will occur.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ritzyvintage, post: 3434184, member: 18191"]I agree the glass is soda-lime. The bubbles were created by adding powdered chalk to the molten glass to create a sporadic distribution of bubbles of different sizes rather than being controlled & uniform in shape... [U]OR[/U], used glass bottles were used/melted down and the bubbles were caused by impurities. The glass foot appears to have been lathe-turned, rather than spun-out by hand. As for the name of engraver or sandblaster, it could be anybody and not necessarily an artist from the glass producing factory. The guy sitting & wearing a hat, looks to me as being sat upon a Chinese Junk/boat, which may also indicate its country of origin, perhaps? Given the brittle nature of soda glass, together with the bubbles upon/within the top-edge rim of the cocktail/martini glass, and the wall-thickness, there will come a point in its history when splinters/flea-bites will occur.[/QUOTE]
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