Old English glassesAn account of glass drinking vessels in England, from early times to the end of the eighteenth centuryWith introductory notices, original documents, etc . such as Cornelius de Heem shows in his pictures of still life,were introduced—that is to say, glasses of which the stem is drawn out fromthe bowl, and the foot attached to it, the whole consisting of two portionsonly. Thus was offered a great opportunity for the development of the airstems in a new direction. Nothing could be simpler or more successful thantheir manufacture, by drawing out and revolving a series of bubbles
Old English glassesAn account of glass drinking vessels in England, from early times to the end of the eighteenth centuryWith introductory notices, original documents, etc . such as Cornelius de Heem shows in his pictures of still life,were introduced—that is to say, glasses of which the stem is drawn out fromthe bowl, and the foot attached to it, the whole consisting of two portionsonly. Thus was offered a great opportunity for the development of the airstems in a new direction. Nothing could be simpler or more successful thantheir manufacture, by drawing out and revolving a series of bubbles introducedinto the base of a partially formed bowl, provided that the best metal was used ; ^ Sec Introductory Notices, p. 38—ENGLISH GLASS.
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