Rugby Etched Glass

Leadbitter Glass was established in 1994 and ever since have supplied homes in Rugby with stunning Etched Glass and Victorian Etched Glass Panels. While it is one of the oldest forms of decorative glass, Etched Glass is increasingly used for contemporary designs. Many homes in the area feature elegant Etched Glass panels along with upscale commercial buildings. Free delivery to homes in Rugby is provided for almost all panels we produce.

Our studio also provides Stained Glass, Bevelled Glass and Fused Glass to clients in Rugby.

You’ll receive our free design service when you place an order with us – known as the Client Pages Service. This is a great way to see how your bespoke etched glass panels will look before we begin production. This gives you the opportunity to request design changes before production begins on your panel(s). A few days after ordering, we’ll send you a Computer Generated Proof showing what your glass will look like matching your chosen design to your custom glass sizes. You may decide that you want a decorative border adding, a few extra leaves adding or the size of a house number increasing. We’ll make your amendments until you are 100% happy with the design and you give our glass artists the thumbs up to begin production.

Your numbers up!

If you want to display your house name or number in door glass or fanlights, Etched glass is the perfect choice. Many homes in the Warwickshire area have top lights (transom lights) above their doors which is the ideal place to elegantly display your etched house name or number. Etched house names and number panels are very popular among our clients, our glass artists produce hundreds of them every year! If your home has a transom window above the door, we can create an etched house number or name in your choice of font and decorative border if you would like one. We can also create matching glass to go in your door.

Browse Our Etched Glass Galleries

We can create almost any pattern in etched glass, if you’re struggling to find the right design to compliment your home, head on over to our extensive Etched Glass Gallery for some inspiration. We have thousands of stunning decorative glass designs to choose from which are perfect for both doors and windows. Within our etched glass gallery, there are categories such as Traditional, The Edinburgh Range and Repeat Backgrounds, Modern, Victorian and many others.

Recent Etched Glass commissions from the Rugby area:

Leadbitter Glass has supplied many homes in and around Rugby with our beautiful etched glass. Here are some examples of local orders…..

Etched Glass Sunrise Sea – Rugby

In 2021 a client from Rugby asked for a bespoke circle port hole panel to be created. The client wanted a sunrise over the sea but in etched glass. They also wanted the non-etched areas to be obscure. We created the panel using Stippolyte glass and you can see the result by clicking the link above.

How is Etched Glass made?

We never use ‘stickers’ on our etched glass panels. We create etched glass the right way by sandblasting the glass so it is permanent and of the highest quality. Some companies state that they offer “Etched Glass” when they actually just place a vinyl sticker onto the glass, so no ‘etching’ has actually taken place. When these stickers are exposed to the sun, over time they can turn yellow and even start to shrink after a few years. Other companies may offer to screen print the ‘Etched Glass Effect’ onto the glass but this causes the same discolouration issue over time. Always make sure you are paying for a quality ‘sandblasted‘ etched glass product, as the saying goes – “buy cheap, buy twice”. You can see the problems encountered with fake etched glass.

Our process

A temporary mask is ‘cut to shape’ and overlaid onto one side of the panel. The areas that we want to be etched are then removed from the temporary mask. The stencilled panel is then placed inside a sandblasting booth and coarse grit/sand is fired at high speed across the panel. Once the etching process is complete, the temporary mask is removed, leaving the protected areas clear with the unprotected areas now etched. If the glass is single glazed, we then apply a protective sandblast coating to the etched side. If the glass is to be double glazed, the coating doesn’t need to be applied because the etched side will be protected within the unit.

Etched glass supplied to any home throughout the Rugby area:

Daventry – Leamington Spa – Coventry – Northampton – Warwick – Stratford upon Avon – Kenilworth – Southam – Nuneaton – Bedworth – Hinckley – Lutterworth – Market Harborough – Crick – Dunchurch – Long Lawford – Wolston – Barby