Glass Milk Glass
Is all white glass milk glass? If not, how do you tell real milk glass from white glass?
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It seems to be that they call glass that is milk glass, that is is opaque to light, meaning that light can’t be seen through it and it is suppose to imitate porcelain. White glass could still be white but let light show through it, so I guess it is the degree of opacity that determines if it is milk glass
First made in Venice in the 16th century, colors include blue, pink, yellow, brown, black, and white. 19th-century glassmakers called milky white opaque glass “opal glass”. The name milk glass is relatively recent. The white color is achieved through the addition of tin dioxide.
From: http://www.nmgcs.org/faq.htm#16
Question: If a piece made of glass is milky opaque white, is it “Milk Glass” and does this apply to white plates and figurines?
Answer: Just what the term “Milk Glass” means has been a hotly debated matter and still is. From a strictly historical point of view, the term “Milk Glass” is relatively recent. The older 19th-century glassmakers used the term “Opal” (pronounced o-PAL) to identify opaque glass with a milky white color. Originally, therefore, the color white was essential for an item to be called “milk glass” since whiteness was implicit in the definition. But later, when other ingredients were added to the batch in order to produce colors other than white — such as blue, pink, yellow, brown, and even black — the resulting opaque glass still continued to be called “milk glass” even though it was no longer white. Compare, for example, adding chocolate syrup to milk… the result is still milk, but no longer white. As to whether “plates and figurines” qualify as “milk glass” the answer is indeed they do. Like any other glass, milk glass can be blown or pressed into any form, shape, or size.
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