The
Glass
This collection of European Art Glass
represents just
a few years collecting
and demonstrates
how addictive
it can become!
No
claims
are made to any
item being rare
or valuable, but
simply are items
that are appealing.
As a Rule...
While I still 'think'
in the good-old
English Imperial
system, I obviously
acknowledge
the metric system
is easier to work
with and so all
measurements
are given in
centimetres (cm).
However, to
give more emphasis
to British glass
where inches
(") were commonly used this measurement
may also be given. |
If
you want to convert
between centimetres
and inches, simply
divide cms by
2.5 to get inches.
(2.5cm
= 1", 15cm =
6") |
About the Site
As a professional Web designer since 1993 (when
sites were coded by hand using
Notepad!) this has afforded me the
opportunity to create a site that,
I hope, is appealing to the (glassy)eye
yet still provides rapid transition
between pages under any condition.
Naturally, with the site being photo-orientated
each page can be a little
heavy for cable modem users,
but hopefully this has
been minimised with the
astute use of highly optimised
'thumbnails' — see
how it's done!
A few topics and observations are also included
that may be of interest
to collectors, with a technical
section covering the chemicals
used for the composition
of certain glass and the
dichroic nature of some
specialist glass.
   With
regard to the diamond logo;
this is a representation
of a crystal eye, if you
hadn't worked it out already,
hence the double blink
in the top banner when
the page loads! Inspiration
was drawn from the faceted
Murano vases that are very
collectable (not least
by me...)
Colours used
Hopefully the colours used
provide enough contrast
to make the text easily
readable, but let
us know if you
are having a problem.
All clickable links use
an orange colour that darkens
slightly when the mouse
hovers over the text:
this also applies to
some headers which
are also links to main
subjects. |
Notes:
This site should be compatible
with any browser — why
some
people design for, say, Internet
Explorer
at 1024x768 I'll never
know...

Click this button to open up the Gallery pages
for the related glass.

With just individual
items on any page,
simply click this
button to view
the item.
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