pressed glass

noun

1. molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pressed glass¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

American writers claim that the first pressed glass tumbler was made about 40 years back in that country, by a carpenter.

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Serafina came back, bringing two heavy tumblers of pressed glass on a little black japanned tray, with a decanter of cold water.

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But this is imitated in pressed glass, which is blown in a mould inside of which the design is cut.

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Did you ever do it, reader, with one of those pressed glass bottles they make now?

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They were rarely of cut or colored glass, but were pressed glass of commonplace form and quality.

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