Mercury glass

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Mercury glass is the common term for silvered glass, which describes glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although elemental mercury was used to make mirrors, it was never used in tableware. Mercury glass was produced from around 1840 until at least 1930, and was made in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), England, Germany, and the United States. Vases, goblets and all form of tableware were decorated with a variety of techniques including painting, enameling, etching, and engraving.

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Mercury mirror, a parabolic shape telescope dish having a layer of reflective mercury
Mercury silvering, a technique to apply a thin layer of a precious metal to a base metal object