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Mirror & Glass - See Yourself Or Others

Mirrors have been with us for hundreds of years, and glass even before that. It's thought that glass may have been created accidentally by silica sand melting around a blacksmith's hot fire, for instance. Mirrors were usually polished copper or bronze, and they would have to be polished a lot or else a patina would form and take off any shine. Glass is made into thousands of different objects and its main function could be windows. They can be all types and some are even hurricane resistant. If a window is double-paned then it's energy efficient as well as being storm-resistant. Mirrors in our bathrooms can be framed and this is an up to date way to have a mirror on your wall. Retro mirrors from the fifties often looked like sunbursts and these are collectible mirrors today. Glass can be mouth-blown, formed by molds, and twisted into many shapes. It may look delicate but one form of glass is heat resistant. Save time, energy and most of all -- costs, by shopping online at this easy to navigate site. You may find simply everything you're looking for!