pressed glass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pressed glass
First recorded in 1865–70
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Other pieces are in the basement, with the couple’s collection of American pressed glass.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Through much of the 20th century, pressed glass items were popular collectibles and affordable gifts, with factories flourishing in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
That piece was a 1920s pressed glass beaded flapper necklace made by the Neiger brothers in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022
The galleries, leased from Playboy Enterprises, contain the company’s longtime stock of realist and folk-art paintings and antiques like Chinese export porcelain, Victorian pressed glass and 1810s tables with eagle feet.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2011
It was pressed glass with no intention to deceive, the kind one runs across in the dining-room of country hotels, or at cheap department stores.
From A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route by Florence Kimball Russel
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