KUROCO Tamaichimatsu Old

Glass

Craft Company: Kimoto Glassware

ORIGIN: Tokyo
SIZE: 350ml (φ90mm × H100mm)
MATERIAL: Soda glass

A modern chic emerging from jet black

A traditional glass with a modern interpretation emerges through the encounter between a jet-black color and the Japanese traditional cut-glass pattern. The craftsman who inherited the advanced glass cutting techniques which started in the Edo period sculpt the glass in its opaque darkness with precision. Spend a luxurious time with your favorite drink in this chic glass.

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Soda glass
- Material
The most common type of glass. It is easy to melt and mold but is vulnerable to rapid heating and rapid cooling. It sounds slightly dull when struck. It is commonly used as tableware, bottles and flat glass.
Kiriko (Cut glass)
- Technique
A technique of sculpting the surface of glass and applying various patterns on it with a grinder, achieved through various steps such as roughing, stoning, and polishing. Traditionally, the patterns are in geometric forms. Edo kiriko and Satsuma kiriko are the most widely known representations.
Edo kiriko
- Generic term
Generic name for traditional handmade cut glass originating from Tokyo. Said to have started back in 1834, latter half of Edo period. Cut patterns are very detailed, and the light reflection is clear because of the thinness of the glass.

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