{"id":3308,"date":"2014-05-31T08:50:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2014-05-31T08:50:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T12:50:08","slug":"cristal-darques-crystal-owl-paperweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3308","title":{"rendered":"Cristal D`Arques Crystal Owl Paperweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3306\" src=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/001-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"001\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/001-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/001-669x1024.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>My guy decided awhile back that I had to have a mini collection of glass and crystal animals and acquired a dew pieces for me. \u00a0 I have to admit that they are not really my `thing`, but I also have to admit that they are pretty, when dusted. \u00a0That doesn`t happen often I`m afraid.<\/p>\n<p>This Snowy Owl paperweight was made by Cristal D\u00c0rques of France. \u00a0No idea of the age. \u00a0You can see that it still has the label which tells me that it is 24% lead crystal.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I`d include some definitions of lead from The Encyclopedia of Glass by Mark Pickvet. \u00a0This is a very informative book.<a href=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3307\" src=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/002-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"002\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lead crystal &#8211; Crystal or colorless glass made with a high lead content. \u00a0Most lead crystals are based on the European Standard Formula of 1865.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>`Full Lead Crystal &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Colorless glass containing a minimum of 30% lead content.<\/p>\n<p>`Half Lead Crystal &#8211; Colorless glass containing a minimum of 24% lead content (lower lead content and hence, lower quality than full lead crystal).<\/p>\n<p>My half lead crystal piece is quite striking piece. \u00a0Lots of lovely detailing. \u00a0The owl`s glance is quite piercing. \u00a0Maybe my guy is on to something.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3308\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guy decided awhile back that I had to have a mini collection of glass and crystal animals and acquired &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/?p=3308\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[368],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cristal-darques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grannysglasses.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}