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<p>[QUOTE="Iconodule, post: 11279652, member: 91417"]I need help identifying a pair of cut-glass trumpet vases from my father’s cut and pressed glass collection. Google Lens identifies them as Early American Pattern Glass Harvard Yard pattern made by Tarentum--similar but clearly not the same. (Pattern details & shape differ.) I may be wrong about cut vs pressed glass, but I think these are cut glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know very little about glass, and I need to learn how to describe /name the individual cuts. Is there an online site or book with a list of descriptive names with pictures (line drawings)? I have been able to pick up a few terms, so I think these include Gothic Arches, Fans, and Diamonds, starburst on base. (Please correct me.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]540108[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540109[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540111[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540112[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540113[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540114[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540115[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Iconodule, post: 11279652, member: 91417"]I need help identifying a pair of cut-glass trumpet vases from my father’s cut and pressed glass collection. Google Lens identifies them as Early American Pattern Glass Harvard Yard pattern made by Tarentum--similar but clearly not the same. (Pattern details & shape differ.) I may be wrong about cut vs pressed glass, but I think these are cut glass. I know very little about glass, and I need to learn how to describe /name the individual cuts. Is there an online site or book with a list of descriptive names with pictures (line drawings)? I have been able to pick up a few terms, so I think these include Gothic Arches, Fans, and Diamonds, starburst on base. (Please correct me.) [ATTACH=full]540108[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540109[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540111[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540112[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540113[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540114[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]540115[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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