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11Islamic glass — Egyptian mosque lamp, 1360. The influence of the Islamic world to the history of glass is reflected by its distribution around the world, from Europe to China, and from Russia to East Africa. Islamic glass developed a unique expression that was… …
12Medieval stained glass — is the coloured and painted glass of medieval Europe from the 10th century to the 16th century. For much of this period stained glass windows were the major pictorial art form, particularly in northern France, Germany and England, where windows… …
13Moser (glass company) — Wine glass from Moser company Glasses by Mo …
14water glass — 1. a drinking glass; tumbler. 2. a glass container for holding water, as for growing bulbs, plants, or the like. 3. a glass tube used to indicate water level, as in a boiler. 4. a device for observing objects beneath the surface of the water,… …
15Steuben Glass Company — ▪ American company glassworks founded in 1903 by T.G. Hawkes and Frederick Carder at Corning, N.Y. It was purchased by the Corning Glass Works in 1918 but continued to be directed by Carder until 1933. The company became known for fancy… …
16Orrefors glass — fine 20th century glass produced by a glasshouse at Orrefors in the south of Sweden. In 1916 and 1917 the Orrefors glasshouse hired the painters Simon Gate and Edvard Hald, respectively, to become the first artists engaged directly in glass… …
17Waterford glass — n. a clear colourless flint glass. Etymology: Waterford in Ireland …
18Waterford glass — noun fine, clear, colourless flint glassware first manufactured in Waterford in Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries …
19glassware — /glas wair , glahs /, n. articles of glass, esp. drinking glasses. [1705 15; GLASS + WARE1] * * * Introduction any decorative article made of glass, often designed for everyday use. From very early times glass has been used for various… …
20paste — /payst/, n., v., pasted, pasting. n. 1. a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something. 2. any soft, smooth, and plastic material or preparation. 3. dough, esp. when… …
