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1GLASS — Earliest Times The earliest manufacture of glass does not antedate the late third millennium B.C.E., when the first glass beads were made in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The invention of glass vessel making dates to the mid second millennium B.C.E.,… …
2Glass beadmaking — The technology for glass beadmaking is among the oldest human arts, dating back 30,000 years (Dubin, 1987). Glass beads have been dated back to at least Roman times. Perhaps the earliest glass like beads were Egyptian faience beads, a form of… …
3Glass Palace Chronicles — (Hmannan Yazawin) Compiled in 1829 by order of King Bagyidaw (r. 1819 1838), a history of Burma (or more precisely, the kingdoms established in the central valley of the Irrawaddy [Ayeyarwady] River) from its legendary origins to the… …
4threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments. * * * …
5British stained glass (1811-1918) — In early 19th century Britain, beginning with an armorial window created by Thomas Willement in 1811 12, there was a revival of the art and craft of stained glass window manufacture. This revival gained impetus until stained glass windows became… …
6Goofus glass — is basically pressed glass which was cold (un fired) paint decorated in the early 20th century in America by several prominent glass factories. It was made in considerable quantities and sold originally for very little. It was given as premiums… …
7Bohemian glass — Jug in Bohemia, Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) by L. Moser Sohne Launch year 13th century Bohemian glass, or Bohemia crystal, is a decorative glass produced in regions of Bohemia and Silesia, now in the current state of the Czech Republic, since the …
8Ancient Chinese glass — refers to all types of glass manufactured in China prior to the Qing Dynasty (1644 1911). In Chinese history, glass played a peripheral role in the arts and crafts, when compared to ceramics and metal work [Braghin 2002a] . The limited… …
9Moss agate glass — Detail from a Moss Agate vase by John Northwood, c.1888 Moss Agate glass is a type of art glass developed in 1888 at the noted glasshouse Stevens Williams by glassmaker John Northwood, with the assistance of Will Bridges, then manager of the firm …
10cameo glass — an ornamental glass in which two layers, often blue and opaque white, have been cased, and on which the design has been treated in the manner of a cameo. [1875 80] * * * Glassware decorated with figures and forms in coloured glass carved in… …
