Nowadays, authentic mercury glass is made by blowing a double-wall glass object, then pouring a silver nitrate-based mixture in between the glass walls to create a trippy, mottled, silvery mirror ...

Part of human nature, it seems, is a Narcissus-like desire to gaze at shimmering surfaces that return our reflection and ...

The Romans figured out how to make mirrors with glass, but it was not until early 16th-century artisans on the Venetian island of Murano refined a process of coating clear glass with mercury and ...

Antiqued mirrors offer a softer luster that diffuses light to flattering effect,' Schuster explains. 'It replicates the ...