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The technique of pressing glass into molds was introduced to the United States in the 1820s from England, where it had been invented the previous century. Elaborate molds, however, were an American innovation. At first, pressed glass imitated faceted cut glass, but later other styles were used, as seen here in a pitcher and goblet in the Japanese taste. Pressed glass was inexpensive to produce and this available to a large audience.
