Collecting antique glass: determining age (part 1) of early 1800s to mid 1900s drinking glasses 

1870 to 1890 sounds about right if they have a lot of wear - that can be the best guide.

@@wanderingsandmusings9255 cheers mate yes they do one can see they have been around. One question if I may sir ? Is I have a glass with an almost exact mark on the bottom. But the glass has what appears to be like a pearl glaze in the glass. It’s hard to explain but it’s different in respect to the colour of the glass. And it has a thick rim on the top with a little bump with not an exact evenness on the rim. Ranging from 1 mm to 2 mm around the tip rim. But it’s very interesting topic that can be quiet hard to date some items. I often find it difficult in finding makers marks on glass. Sometimes it’s anything from 3 small lines to an initial or a pattern. But sometimes it’s just wear or manufacturer imperfections. But thank you for your channel I’ll be sure to keep updated with any information you have. I have a huge range of glassware perhaps several thousand items. It was a hobby with the majority being items from old estates. Living in a RUAL town in Southern Western Australia has huge ranges of these antique glasses of all kinds. Particularly with these items staying with settlers brought over from England and Europe in the mid to late 1800s. But I find it fascinating the history and the huge amount of particularly French glassware whom I believe held the making of glassware with a high degree of security in the 16th century and particularly from England getting their hand on the manufacture process until it was learnt in France then brought over to the UK. Forgive me if I’m incorrect it was something I read many years back. Thank you again. Best of luck and I look forward to watching your channel in the future. Regards Patrick Bridgetown WA.👍🇦🇺👌

@@PatrickWilson-v3d Hard to say without looking at it, I don't see many pearl-like antique glass items, if any at all. If you put a video of it on youtube I'm happy to take a look.

Thanks. It's applicable to British/European glass. If the American glass is hand blown and was made in volume I expect they would have used the same methods. One exception might be that the American brilliant cut glass was more of an art form, and those pieces might have signs normally associated with older periods.

That's great, because in my antiques hunts I am mostly going to be coming across European glass, so I will definitely be able to use the info :) Thanks for making the video!

There's always one... 🤣😂🤣

machine? lol the dont use machines my friend

@@prozeeterps Almost all of these were machine made.

@@stevekazonic5661 yeah reproduction is true but the quality of the sand is far superior than 200 years ago. Plus’s they tend to use recycled glass wich won’t have the noticeable flaws and heavy ware expected from antique glass. Tho 3rd world nations will try hard to perfect this in knowledge that money 💰 is up for grabs for many to miss judge what they are buying.👍