Palaces in Oman and Dubai embellish their tables with glasses, bowls and jugs made of lead crystal, which often comes from Germany's Thuringia region. DW looks at a success story from the eastern town ...

Crystal isn't as clear as it used to be. That famous ringing sound, widely held to be a telltale way to identify true crystal? Some fine glass will ring, too. Here are some crystal basics. GLOSSARY ...

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When I was growing up in the 1980s and ‘90s, my family owned a series of painted glass Garfield mugs. I later learned that they were originally sold by McDonald’s in the late 1970s and early ’80s and ...