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<p>[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 306521, member: 70"]These works are imported from the Near East, perhaps, Turkey, in the past 20 years. They are pressed glass, with a bit of gray cutting (the fine cut triangles around the hob stars). This cutting allows them to be imported as Cut Glass to the US at a reduced duty rate, compared to pressed glass. Only the gray, unpolished, design is cut. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry if this is less than you were expecting. Many of us have had to find out the hard way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 306521, member: 70"]These works are imported from the Near East, perhaps, Turkey, in the past 20 years. They are pressed glass, with a bit of gray cutting (the fine cut triangles around the hob stars). This cutting allows them to be imported as Cut Glass to the US at a reduced duty rate, compared to pressed glass. Only the gray, unpolished, design is cut. Sorry if this is less than you were expecting. Many of us have had to find out the hard way.[/QUOTE]
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