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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”)


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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 Rock Lights are unique table lamps with handblown crystal lights draped over different minerals.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

A 50-foot metal tower built from a 1942 military jet, decorated with handblown glass flowers, dominates the skyline on the east side of town.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2022

You can buy glass vases handblown in Hebron and olive-wood rosaries and creamy white mother-of-pearl star pins and shiny brocade from big bolts of cloth at Bilal’s Tailor Shop.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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