stiegel glass

stiegel glass
\\ˈstēgəl-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: after Henry William Stiegel died 1785 American glassmaker
1. : a late eighteenth century American flint or green glassware made in Pennsylvania; especially : fine flint glassware with engraved or enameled decoration
2. : bubbly green glassware resembling some of the eighteenth century Stiegel glasswares

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