Cut Crystal

This category including US and international makers of cut crystal. When we can obtain it, we will offer American Brilliant cut glass in this category. The American Brilliant Cut Glass Period began around 1850 and lasted into the early 1900s. American Brilliant is type of glass was produced to compete with European crystal and early pieces were often unmarked so consumers wouldn’t know the difference between American and European wares. It is clear, bright, leaded glass deeply cut in intricate patterns. It was time consuming to produce and was expensive, and generally only the more affluent households could afford it. Pieces signed Hawkes and Libbey are among the more collectible