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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 626102, member: 56"]I guess that's it, yes. Thanks! Looks like they had the same problem with the photos as I had.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two of the cups have cracked handles. I mention this because I think the damage is due to underfill - not quite enough glass in the gather to properly fill the mold. Most of the cups have a light seam at about the same point on the handle, but the join was sealed. They were really toeing the line on glass quantity. (The following is also an interesting image to me because of the apparent color differential. That doesn't show in the glass except right at the seam. It's why the handle looks cracked. It's not a color difference in the glass... just the way the glass catches the light in the photo.):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181896[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 626102, member: 56"]I guess that's it, yes. Thanks! Looks like they had the same problem with the photos as I had. Two of the cups have cracked handles. I mention this because I think the damage is due to underfill - not quite enough glass in the gather to properly fill the mold. Most of the cups have a light seam at about the same point on the handle, but the join was sealed. They were really toeing the line on glass quantity. (The following is also an interesting image to me because of the apparent color differential. That doesn't show in the glass except right at the seam. It's why the handle looks cracked. It's not a color difference in the glass... just the way the glass catches the light in the photo.): [ATTACH=full]181896[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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