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<p>[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 2427, member: 70"]"Stain or Flash?"</p><p>Stain, the side view of the cover shows areas of crystal glass with no color. 'Twer it flashed, the entire outer surface (minus whatever was removed in decoration) would be colored. This is a chemical stain applied by hand then fired for permanency. </p><p><br /></p><p>Flashing is a process, only done on blown wares, where the original gather is dipped in a pot of a colored glass, coloring the entire outside of the piece, before it is blown to final shape. Can't be done with pressed glass.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 2427, member: 70"]"Stain or Flash?" Stain, the side view of the cover shows areas of crystal glass with no color. 'Twer it flashed, the entire outer surface (minus whatever was removed in decoration) would be colored. This is a chemical stain applied by hand then fired for permanency. Flashing is a process, only done on blown wares, where the original gather is dipped in a pot of a colored glass, coloring the entire outside of the piece, before it is blown to final shape. Can't be done with pressed glass.[/QUOTE]
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