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These Mercury glass votive holders inspire visions of an era gone by. The front of the votive holder is embellished with a clear crystal jewel design reminiscent of a piece of antique jewelry.
Silvered glass (also know as Mercury Glass or sometimes, Varnish Glass) is double-walled glassware with a silver coating inside the walls, similar to the silvering on a vacuum flask liner.
Silvered glass was a cheap alternative to the silverware which furnished the houses and churches of the nobility and the well-to-do. The first products were silvered door knobs which conveniently did not need polishing. Then came religious statuary and crude tableforms. Many crucifixes, saints, madonna's and candle sticks were produced as religious souvenirs, and adorned roadside chapels and church altars. Silvered glass proved to be very popular and improved decorating techniques were employed to produce more expensive items. The number of different products is astounding. Salvers, plates, goblets, figurines, match holders, globes, flower vases and lamps were produced, as well as the items already mentioned. |
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