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handblown

American  
[hand-blohn] / ˈhændˈbloʊn /
Or hand-blown

adjective

  1. (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe.

    handblown crystal.


Etymology

Origin of handblown

1925–30; hand + blown 1 (in the sense “formed by blowing”)

Example Sentences

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The highlight is the entry, which is vast and high, filled with modern handblown glass pendants with LED filaments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

It is made of more than 1,000 handblown coloured glass tiles, each inlaid with gold leaf, echoing the colours of the cathedral's stained-glass windows.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

The interlocking handblown vases by Los Angeles artist and designer Mansi Shah — part of her first housewares line, Manu Nanu — fit together like molecules.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

Among the design objects are elegant lights with marble bases, handblown glass globes and woven straw shades.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

Shortly after marrying, he began working as an apprentice machinist in a small factory that produced handblown glass bottles of all sizes.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

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