On to Cut and Engraved Glass

“Cutting”

The technique whereby glass is removed from the surface of an object by grinding it with rotating wheels made of stone, wood, and cork. The first stage of the process employs a stone wheel under a continuous stream of water. Later, wheels of fine-grained stone and wood, fed with various abrasives, are used to grind and polish the surface.

“Copper-Wheel Engraving”

A technique of decorating the surface of an object. Copper disks (wheels) of various sizes and rim profiles are rotated on a spindle. An abrasive such as Carborundum (in the past, emery was frequently used), mixed with oil, is applied to the edge of the wheel. The wheel presses the abrasive against the glass so that it removes the surface by grinding.

At page 150 of the Dimitroff text, Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass, Jane Spillman says, “It does not seem likely that finished cut glass was ever more than a minor part of Carder’s output in the earliest years, far behind the production of blanks and of his own Aurene and other colored glassware, but since it was mentioned on the letterhead, it must have been intentionally produced almost from the beginning.”

Shape: 1225

Form: Bowl

Color: Colorless

Type: Engraved

Cutting/ Engraving: Concave

Size: 9.25 in dia.