ABP Hand-Cut 24% Lead Glass Pitcher. With Tag. Tritschler Winterhalder. Exc For Sale

Antique American Brilliant Period (ABP) Hand-Cut 24% Lead Glass Pitcher. Still with Original Tag. Tritschler Winterhalder. Germany.

Please see the attached pictures and item specifications.

Discontinued pattern.

So what is ABP glass? Generally speaking, it is fine quality, hand-cut crystal produced between 1880 and 1925. Its exceptional “brilliance” results from the high lead content of the glass which gives it a high refractive index. In other words, ABP pieces behave like prisms or gemstones: they bend and scatter light into the different colors of the rainbow. To make a piece of ABP glass, an artisan would take a “blank” (or uncut piece of glass) and press it against a series of spinning wheels. This would cut the desired pattern into the surface of the glass. When finished, he or she would polish the design (cutting gave glass a milky, white appearance; polishing restored its clarity and sparkle). ABP pieces were originally designed and manufactured for the upper classes of Victorian society. They were more expensive than most “common people” could afford. A large, highly detailed piece might retail for two to three times the weekly salary of the artisan who made it!

MINT condition.