Antique Glass
Antique Glass
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 ANTIQUE FRENCH ART GLASS DAUM FRERES NANCY C1900 Jackmanii de Clematite  US $77,000.00
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 RARE Antique Pair Salviati Gold Dragon Venetian Glass Vases ESTATE US $11,500.00
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 ANTIQUE FRENCH CAMEO ART GLASS VASE SIGNED GALLE CIRCA 1895 1905 US $11,000.00
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 Fine Loetz Glass Vase Marmoriertes Antique Museum Quality Intricate Gold Designs US $9,000.00 |
 Antique Loetz Czech Formosa Glass Vase Looks Like Design Fish ONE OF A KIND US $8,999.99
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 Rare Monumental Exquisite Antique Art Nouveau Daum Nancy Cameo Art Glass Vase US $8,800.00
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 Rare Victorian 1887 New England Art Glass Peachblow Agata Museum Quality Antique US $7,500.00
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 XLT ANTIQUE c1911DUGANSRCOUTSTNDNGBLACK AMCARNIVAL GLASS13BUTTERFLYTULIP US $7,155.00
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 ANTIQUE c1911FENTONVY RARECOBALT BLUE OPALESCENTCARNIVAL GLASSHOLLYXLNT US $6,750.00
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 MINTPERF ANTIQUE c1911 FENTONCARNIVAL GLASSELECTRICRUBY REDDRAGONLOTUS US $6,750.00
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 Genuine French Galle Art Glass Vase With Antique Newspaper Article 4 Provinance US $5,595.10
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 ANTIQUE Bohemian Moser Glass Portrait Vase W Appraisal US $4,599.99
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 Magnificent antique Bohemian hand cut glass decanter US $4,500.00
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 MNTPERFc1911 ANTIQUEFENTONCARNIVAL GLASSELECTRICBLUEORANGE TREELOVING CUP US $4,410.00
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 Antique Venetian glass stemware set with Serving Bowl US $4,800.00
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 PAIR ANTIQUE ART DECO GLASS VASE GOLD ENAMELED HP DAUM MONT JOYE ERA B OFFER US $4,274.99
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 ANTIQUE CAMEO GLASS VASE MARKED RICHARD 21 1 2 TALL US $4,250.00
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 LOETZ Orpheus VASE 1900 1905 Iridescent VASELINE Antique ART GLASS Extraordinary US $4,000.00 |
 RARE ANTIQUE L C TIFFANY FAVRILE ART GLASS SET OF 5 BOWLS UNDERPLATES c1910 US $3,995.00
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 Original Antique Galle Cameo Glass Vase Unusual Form US $3,950.00
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 ANTIQUE SIGNED HAWKES LARGE COLORED GLASS BARREL EXTREMELY RARE US $3,875.00
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 MNTPERF ANTIQUE c1911NORTHWOODSRCSTIPPLEDBLUECARNIVAL GLASSPEACOCKSPLATE US $3,825.00
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 MINT c1911 ANTIQUEFENTONCARNIVAL GLASSOOAKAMBERINA OPALESCENT SLAGHAT VASE US $3,555.00
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 Antique Loetz Art Glass Argus Vase Phanomen Genre 2 351 Circa 1900 US $3,500.00
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 A RARE PAIR OF ANTIQUE BOHEMIAN PERFUME SCENT BOTTLE TRIPLE OVERLAY GLASS US $3,500.00
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 Antique Sandwich Glass Overlay Lamp Ex Wakefield Ex Sandwich Glass Museum US $3,400.00
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Advantages of Using Recycled Glass in Production
Let's look at glass. Or better yet, let's take a look through glass. What do you see? Technically speaking, glass is not a true solid, it's actually a "super-cooled fluid". Although this only really matters if you are a university student who is required to know that after many year, an old window will be thicker at the bottom due to the slow flow of glass under the influence of gravity.
The mix for making glass is soda ash, limestone and silica. Both limestone and silica are products of quarrying whereas soda ash is created by the worldwide chemicals industry. All the ingredients are melted together at very high temperatures to produce the endless varieties of glass we use today. These glass uses range from glass fibres which are used in windows and windscreens, to bottles and jars.
Vast amounts of energy are used in the production and the pre-production of glass. So using recycled glass to make thing such as recycled vases must be a good thing, right?
Up to a point. The unfortunate fact is that the majority of products we buy that contain glass contain brand new glass. The reason for this is that manufacturers tend to insist on uniformity and creating glass like that is only feasibleby creating it from scratch
The absolute best thing you can do with old glass products like bottles and jars is to clean them out and re-use them for the original purpose. In the UK this only happens for the milk bottles that are still delivered to some of our doors. These are cleaned and reused an average of 12 times. The reason why this form of reuse is so successful is because not only do milk bottles get dropped off, but the old ones are also collected. The reasons why other bottles are never reused (at least in the UK) include the unwillingness of major retailers to handle the returns process, the logistical cost of returning imported bottles (think New Zealand wines), and the nervousness of marketers about the integrity of their brand images.
Most other bottles are ground down to a new raw material called cullet, which can be re-melted back to form more glass. But it isn't. In fact the glass we recycle is used in lots of other ways, such as inclusion in aggregate mixtures used in road surfaces. The majority of bottles that do end up being recycled are made from brand new glass. Your recycling efforts won't change that. The reason is that the cost of transporting cullet is high due to it's uncertain composition, also, glass makers have precise requirements, making recycling glass almost impossible.
Plate glass has an even worse excuse. A large amount of glass is used each year for replacing glass windows, particularly in sealed double-glazing units. Have you ever wondered where your old window units go? Straight into landfill sites. The reason for this is because it's simply too costly to seperate the glass from the rest of the unit.
It's actually very difficult to find a retailer that sellers products created from recycled glass. The ones that are selling recycled glass products should be envouraged to do so as they are leading the way and proving that this can be done. So here's a great link to a retailer that stocks a number of recycled glass products, including recycled glass tableware such as plates, bowls and wine glasses, as well as colourful recycled glass bathroom accessories such as soap dispensers.
Digging Old Antique Glass Bottles 1