Question: The cut-glass bowl shown in my photo is 7 1/2 inches in diameter and 4 1/2 inches high. Purchased at a thrift shop for $6, it has a metal pan insert with a ring on each side. "Taylor ...

Hundreds of bowls, vases, carafes, plates and pitchers later, Adair had amassed an impressive collection of American Brilliant cut glass. Last year, she gave much of it away.

Last month an antique cut to clear ruby glass decanter set was sold at auction for more than $7,000 The popularity of antique cut glass soared during the American Brilliant Period from 1876 to 1917 ...

American glasshouses began faceting heavy, relatively thick, leaded glass blanks, and the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 saw the flowering of American Brilliant Period cut glass.