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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 2871912, member: 45"]They are actually just tiny, thin, fragile, glass beads, not real mercury glass...but the term "mercury glass" is used so often these days that it is practically meaningless. </p><p><br /></p><p>Originally it described a process of blowing a double layer of glass, with mercury filling the space between. Mercury itself was used only on mirrors. It was a silver nitrate solution that provided the silver color on ornaments and other decorative glass items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, apparently, a lot of sellers use the term to mean any glass ornament with a silver colored first coat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 2871912, member: 45"]They are actually just tiny, thin, fragile, glass beads, not real mercury glass...but the term "mercury glass" is used so often these days that it is practically meaningless. Originally it described a process of blowing a double layer of glass, with mercury filling the space between. Mercury itself was used only on mirrors. It was a silver nitrate solution that provided the silver color on ornaments and other decorative glass items. Now, apparently, a lot of sellers use the term to mean any glass ornament with a silver colored first coat.[/QUOTE]
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