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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

Designed by Dean Maltz, a New York City architect, the handblown carafe is $260.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2024

It’s the fourth fragrance from Arpa, the brand Fillion launched last year, its offerings recognizable by their colored glass bottles, which are handblown by the artist Jochen Holz.

From New York Times May 24, 2022

I knew the glasses he was referring to—the handblown Venetian- glass tumblers Malcolm and Maud had kept beside their bed.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

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