handblown
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of handblown
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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