handblown

American  

[hand-blohn] / ˈhændˈbloʊn /

Or hand-blown

adjective

1. (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe.

   handblown crystal.

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Etymology

Origin of handblown

1925–30; hand + blown ¹ (in the sense “formed by blowing”)

Example Sentences

It is made of more than 1,000 handblown coloured glass tiles, each inlaid with gold leaf, echoing the colours of the cathedral's stained-glass windows.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

A 50-foot metal tower built from a 1942 military jet, decorated with handblown glass flowers, dominates the skyline on the east side of town.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

To avoid admitting that the handblown glass and brass chandelier cost $15,000, the client asked Gilmore to bill her $5,000 and she would pay the balance out of a separate, personal account.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021

The company has a bird feeder that suctions right onto your window for bigger birds starting at $22.99, as well as beautiful, hummingbird feeders made from handblown glass, starting at $26.99.

From Fox News • Nov. 20, 2021

You can buy glass vases handblown in Hebron and olive-wood rosaries and creamy white mother-of-pearl star pins and shiny brocade from big bolts of cloth at Bilal’s Tailor Shop.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye