Studio : Amgo

Publisher : Amgo

Product Description

What is crystal glasses?

Refracts light (e.g. sparkly)

more durable; rim can be made very thin

Is porous and usually not dishwasher safe

lead and lead-free options

Expensive ($$$)

How to?distinguish classic crystal from plain glass.

Hold up a glass to the light. If the glass acts as a prism and you see a rainbow you are holding crystal. If not, it is just plain glass.

When struck, crystal produces a musical ring. Glass does not.

If you wet your finger and run it around the rim of a crystal glass it will also produce a musical tone.

Crystal can be worked thinner than glass, so if the rim of a piece is exceptionally thin it's probably crystal.

If you compare two glasses of the same size, the crystal glass will be heavier.

Glass typically has sharp cuts, while crystal will have clean, rounded cuts.

For impressing your friends and family on special occasions, there’s nothing more striking than a crystal glass.