Curiosities of Glass Making With Details of the Processes and Productions of Ancient and Modern Ornamental Glass Manufacture Classic Reprint

Apsley Pellatt

ISBN 10: 065603954X / ISBN 13: 9780656039548

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

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• Title: Curiosities of Glass Making With Details of the Processes and Productions of Ancient and Modern Ornamental Glass Manufacture Classic Reprint
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 065603954X
• ISBN 13: 9780656039548
• Binding: HRD
• Condition: New
• Weight: 471 grams

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Excerpt from Curiosities of Glass Making: With Details of the Processes and Productions of Ancient and Modern Ornamental Glass Manufacture

During the reign Of Nero, great improvements were made in Roman Glass. The perfectly clear Glass, which bore the nearest resemblance to crystal, was so highly valued, that Nero is stated to have given for two cups, of no extraordinary size, with two handles, 6000 sestertia, or nearly sterling. The superior kinds of Glass were in such extensive use, in the time Of Pliny, as to have almost superseded cups Of gold and Silver. Hence, the manufacture would appear to have been con fined chiefly to articles of luxury - such as vessels Of glass to imitate precious stones, intended for cutting by the lathe, by Roman artists, or Grecian artists resident in Rome, in the style Of cameos in relief. In the British Museum are preserved many specimens of fragments Of vases, and small pieces Of white Opaque enamel Glass, upon blue and amethyst transparent grounds, supporting the probability of this Opinion. 'white crystal Glass, without lead, cut to imitate rock-crystal, was then known; although the introduction of lead into white glass was, till recently, considered to be Of British origin.* (see plate 3, fig.

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