Fact No. 127. (Published on 5/16/2005)

Camphor glass

A glass with a cloudy white appearance created by treating the object with hydrofluoric acid vapors, made in numerous Midwest [US] facilities during the mid-19th century. Blue camphor glass, attributed to the Sandwich Glass Company, is extremely rare.

- from Glass A to Z by David J. Shotwell.

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