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Beautiful Krosno glass pieces, superbly finished in hallmarked sterling silver. This Krosno glass range features shot glasses, whisky tumblers, hi ball drinking glasses, water jugs, tankards, wine coolers, bowls, vases and ice bucket.
These beautiful pieces of glass are created by The Krosno Factory. The Krosno Factory is the largest glass Company in Poland and has been established since 1923. It employs 4300 people in five plants in Krosno. The glass is made using a process known as Mouthnblown glass.
The artist takes the gather of glass onto the blowpipe. (The gather can weigh anything between half a kilo and a kilo). After pulling the gather from the furnace a small amount of air is blown into the molten glass. The gather is then rolled across the Marvering table (a flat iron table) which gives the glass its preliminary shaping and a cooler skin to contain the bubble as it is being blown into shape, either free hand or with the aid of a mould. The glassblower will blow through the pipe again and expand the piece more.
At this point a pontil rod can be stuck onto the bottom of the object to facilitate making a rim, or rolling the cylinder of blown glass over a rod on the marvering table. The rolling of the glass rods on the table will determine the basic shape of the vessel.
After the basic shape of the object is finished then a rim, foot or handle can be added on and fused with the hot glass.
The silver is manufactured by Broadway Silversmiths of Birmingham who themselves have been established since 1900.
These beautiful pieces of glass are created by The Krosno Factory. The Krosno Factory is the largest glass Company in Poland and has been established since 1923. It employs 4300 people in five plants in Krosno. The glass is made using a process known as Mouthnblown glass.
The artist takes the gather of glass onto the blowpipe. (The gather can weigh anything between half a kilo and a kilo). After pulling the gather from the furnace a small amount of air is blown into the molten glass. The gather is then rolled across the Marvering table (a flat iron table) which gives the glass its preliminary shaping and a cooler skin to contain the bubble as it is being blown into shape, either free hand or with the aid of a mould. The glassblower will blow through the pipe again and expand the piece more.
At this point a pontil rod can be stuck onto the bottom of the object to facilitate making a rim, or rolling the cylinder of blown glass over a rod on the marvering table. The rolling of the glass rods on the table will determine the basic shape of the vessel.
After the basic shape of the object is finished then a rim, foot or handle can be added on and fused with the hot glass.
The silver is manufactured by Broadway Silversmiths of Birmingham who themselves have been established since 1900.