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A.C. FISCHER REAL ANTIQUE GLASS A.C. Fischer Real Antique Glass is made by combining the same traditional methods of making glass used almost eight
centuries ago with the best of modern technology. Each sheet of A.C. Fischer Real Antique Glass contains provocative elements of color, textural and compositional variations, which are seen only in Real Antique Glass.
Fischer Real Antique Glass is made entirely by hand. In contrast to machine made glass, which is formed by metal rollers, forcing glass into the desired shape and thickness, A.C. Fischer Real Antique Glass is formed
entirely by the skill of the master glassblower. It is this mouth-blown process that gives Fischer Real Antique Glass an individuality, a unique optical quality, and depth of color that other processes can not match.
A.C. Fischer manufactures over 500 different standard colors, each available in a certain combination of color, texture, flash, shading, translucency and transparency. In addition to the over 500 standard colors, A.C.
Fischer can produce any one of several thousand different other colors, or combinations of colors, textures, shadings and activity. With its many distinctive surface appearances, colors, and types of glass, A.C.
Fischer Real Antique Glass is the finest glass available for the stained glass, architectural and decorative arts. Fischer glass is no longer produced however, we still have a large stock of glass available. Certain
Fischer colors that are not available anymore have been replaced with the our new German NACHTMANN Antique glass. Please call for availability. FISCHER GLASS TECHNIQUE To make glass, sand, soda and limestone are
melted in large crucibles. Various metal oxides are then added to color the glass. When the glass is sufficiently melted, the master glass-blower gathers a small amount of glass at the end of a blowpipe. The blowpipe is
then slowly turned and the glass is carefully worked to form a molten, spherical bubble. The bubble is then elongated to form a cylinder. Striations (lines in the surface of the glass) are then applied while the
cylinder is still hot. Next, the end of the cylinder is opened and the cylinder is separated from the blow pipe. The cylinder is then placed in an annealing oven where it is allowed to cool slowly. After the cylinder
has cooled sufficiently, it is cut open, reheated in another oven, opened and flattened out. The resulting sheet is approximately 24" wide by 36" tall, with a thickness of about 1/8". Please note that
slight variations in color, changes in thickness, bubbles, small cracks, scratches, and pressure marks are, as in the original glass made in the Middle Ages, technically required and are considered normal. Mouth-Blown
Antique glass has the same characteristics as glass made in the Middle Ages. Definitions: XX = LIGHT COLOR V = VARIEGATED XH = MEDIUM COLOR R = REAMY F = DARK COLOR FL = FLASHED C = CRACKLE |
