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In my experience (in Britain) mirror glass of this date is usually clear and
can be recognised by bevelled edges if you are lucky or by the
characteristic surface texture where the backing has been. It also tends to
be slightly on the thick side but I don't know of any ststistical study.
paul courtney
leicester UK
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From: "Nancy O'Malley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:48 PM
> What about mirror glass? 18th century sites in Kentucky usually have very
> small quantities of glass of any kind, but a few fragments of flat glass
> (usually clear or light green) occasionally turn up. Probate inventories
of
> the time period often mention "looking glasses" as one of the very few
> glass items in the household. Since the backing has never been preserved
on
> any of the very few flat glass artifacts I have from undisputed late 18th
> century sites, I have never been comfortable making an unequivocal i.d.
for
> mirror glass but it seems like a distinct possibility to me. Does anyone
> know of any thickness data taken on 18th century and later mirrors?
>
> At 11:03 AM 11/29/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Window glass from the 18th century tends to be clear/aqua colored and
very
> >thin. I vote for the case bottle.
> >
> >
> >At 11:25 AM 11/29/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > >If I have a piece of flat green glass from a 18th century historic
site.
> > >How do I know if it is window glass or a fragment of case bottle?
> > >
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