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 Plates and Glasses - The gathering of guests in one's home is a time honored tradition that has sadly been neglected in the hustle and bustle of the latter half of the twentieth century. Plates and Glasses.
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Antique glass dinner plates, imported modern glass from China and details of recycled products used as glass plates, with links to more on glass dinner plates.
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Glass dinner plates
There are basically three sources for these glass plates today - the cheap and
cheerful glassware out of China, the antiques of olden days and the recycled format from used products.
Cheap modern glass dinner plates from China
The so called modern cheap glass products out of China are generally low quality, high volume glass dinner
plates manufactured with
cheap and often untrained labour, who operate and mind the sophisticated glass shaping machines. There is no skill
involved in their manufacture other than in the original designs, which are often poor copies of antique plates converted
into a modern day plate equivalent, or the programming of the computer operated glass making machines.
Antique glass dinner plates
Antique glass however, was generally made individually by a skilled craftsperson who would have taken pride in the
forming of it's product from the raw materials. The plates were often one offs and rarely replicated except as a batch
of dinner service size. Often made to order by a household of esteem.
Recycled products used as glass plates
Here's a novel way of re-using old traffic light glass plates.
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Glass Dinner Plates, recycled glass yellow traffic lights (Click to enlarge)
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The most relevant links we could find, placed here free
 Recycled glass
- Glass dishes and plates from recycled traffic lights make unique environmental gifts. www.recycledglassworks.com
Go antiques
- Homespun pink depression glass dinner plates for sale via 29 dealers worldwide. www.goantiques.com
Google
- Google product search. A very nice selection of recycled glass plates. www.google.com
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Glass Dinner Plates, Homespun pink depression dinner plates
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The above is an example of a fabulous set of Homespun fine rib pink depression glass dinner plates made between 1939
and 1949 by Jeannette Glass Company. These beautiful depression glassware dinner plates measure 9 and a quarter
inches in diameter.
More on recyled glass dinner plates
In the spirit of caring for our planet, Abundant Earth
promotes the creative re-use of materials like tableware which is produced through a process that slowly and methodically
transforms a community's throwaway glass into sparkling jewels. They sell innovative lines which are hand crafted by
melting crushed recycled glassin furnaces, adding pigment and pressing the molten glass into bowls, plates and
glasses.
Once the glass has been poured, skilled craftspeople use special torches, a keen eye for detail and artistic sensibility
to finish each piece. This whole process, from crushed glass to final art, takes three days! Each and every piece is
handmade one at a time. Simple shapes and beautiful colours make each piece a unique work of art suitable for any
occasion.
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