Rajiv Surendra | Collecting Antique Glassware with Rajiv Surendra (Antique glass collection) @rajivsurendra | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
One of Rajiv’s practical collections is glassware and over the years he’s amassed an array of beautiful but simple pieces. Today he shares how to identify old glass and the fascinating techniques that were employed in its manufacturing process.
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★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★
• 0:33 Using old objects
• 1:01 Starting a glass collection
• 1:39 Beginnings of American Made glass
• 2:34 How to make glass
• 3:18 If the silica has color
• 4:00 Glass tableware origins
• 5:00 Producing different colors of glass
• 5:55 Mold blown glass and examples
• 7:30 Look for a rough pontil mark while antiquing
• 8:48 A $2.00 thrift shop find
• 10:24 What is a pressed glass and how to identify
• 11:30 Run your hand along the inside of a glass
• 12:10 Pressed glass cake stand
• 12:50 The popular tumbler glass
• 13:45 If you are concerned about lead there are test kits
• 14:17 Cotton swab pressed glass pickle jar
• 15:01 The rest of the glass collection
💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
• 1600s-1800s American made glass
• Glass blowers
• Mold blown glass process
• Imported from England
• Silica is found in sand that is heated up and turned into glass
• Blow pipe (a hollow tube)
• Colorless glass needs pure sand and manganese
• Tableware
• Silica sand
• flint glass
• How glass is made
• How to start a glass collection
• Cobalt added to glass
• Colorless glass that's slightly tinted purple or gray
• Pontil scars on mold blown glass
• Pontil mark is like a scar on bottom of glass
• How to tell if a glass is blown
• Pressed glass
• Glass cake stand with no mold marks
• Tumbler glass popularity
• Health caution old glass can have Lead and should be tested
• Glass pickle jar from the 1800s
• Celery vase or spooner
• Glass collecting as a hobby
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✅ Twitter: twitter.com/RajivSurendra
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Welcome to my YouTube Channel! I've been immersed in the creative and domestic arts for all my life and its a real honor to be sharing my interests with you.
Click here to subscribe: youtube.com/rajivsurendra
🔎 HASHTAGS
#glassware
#Rajivsurendra
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One of Rajiv’s practical collections is glassware and over the years he’s amassed an array of beautiful but simple pieces. Today he shares how to identify old glass and the fascinating techniques that were employed in its manufacturing process.
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🎥 VIDEO: Wrapping Gifts Using No Tape: youtu.be/vm3dR4jhImU
🎥 VIDEO: How To Walk In Public: youtu.be/J8ekcTmj9SI
🎥 LIST: Rajiv Surendra's Playlist Season 1: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8oeCSojnMR42JWN44vX_hmJ0xCF1ZLG-
★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★
• 0:33 Using old objects
• 1:01 Starting a glass collection
• 1:39 Beginnings of American Made glass
• 2:34 How to make glass
• 3:18 If the silica has color
• 4:00 Glass tableware origins
• 5:00 Producing different colors of glass
• 5:55 Mold blown glass and examples
• 7:30 Look for a rough pontil mark while antiquing
• 8:48 A $2.00 thrift shop find
• 10:24 What is a pressed glass and how to identify
• 11:30 Run your hand along the inside of a glass
• 12:10 Pressed glass cake stand
• 12:50 The popular tumbler glass
• 13:45 If you are concerned about lead there are test kits
• 14:17 Cotton swab pressed glass pickle jar
• 15:01 The rest of the glass collection
💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
• 1600s-1800s American made glass
• Glass blowers
• Mold blown glass process
• Imported from England
• Silica is found in sand that is heated up and turned into glass
• Blow pipe (a hollow tube)
• Colorless glass needs pure sand and manganese
• Tableware
• Silica sand
• flint glass
• How glass is made
• How to start a glass collection
• Cobalt added to glass
• Colorless glass that's slightly tinted purple or gray
• Pontil scars on mold blown glass
• Pontil mark is like a scar on bottom of glass
• How to tell if a glass is blown
• Pressed glass
• Glass cake stand with no mold marks
• Tumbler glass popularity
• Health caution old glass can have Lead and should be tested
• Glass pickle jar from the 1800s
• Celery vase or spooner
• Glass collecting as a hobby
If you enjoy Rajiv's videos and would like to see more, please contribute to the
gofundme campaign that is raising the funds to produce the content on this channel: gofund.me/fbcb3a22
✅ Instagram: instagram.com/rajivsurendra
✅ TikTok: tiktok.com/@Rajivsurendra_
✅ Twitter: twitter.com/RajivSurendra
🔴 *** ABOUT THIS CHANNEL ***
Welcome to my YouTube Channel! I've been immersed in the creative and domestic arts for all my life and its a real honor to be sharing my interests with you.
Click here to subscribe: youtube.com/rajivsurendra
🔎 HASHTAGS
#glassware
#Rajivsurendra
#diy
