Nailsea Glass gets its name from the Nailsea Glassworks in Nailsea, Sommerset, UK (near Bristol), but refers to a type of decorative glass often made as end of day whimsies by glassblowers with a distinctive stripe pattern, it is a type.of canework (uses canes of decorated glass) blown lengthwise.
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Simple Nailsea Flask |
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Nailsea Glassworks 1810 by unknown British artist |
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Wish With The Candles Mrs. Hastings has "some nice little pieces of Nailsea Glass on the inglenook shelf." (The inglenook is a cozy "room within a room" around the fireplace.)
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