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A term used for a method of decorating lead crystal glass. This method appeared in Britain in the 1780s and is still employed today. In the first half of the 19th century cutting was most commonly performed with a wheel whose rim was angled at 45 degrees so as to produce a cut with a wedge-shape cross-section. The crossing of these cuts produced various facetted patterns. By the late 19th century there were so many diamond cut patterns that price-lists would refer to them by number as well as name. |
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