. Glass. itations may probablybe looked for. These millefiori bowls are evidently built up withmore or less spirally arranged fragments of glassmosaic,-^ the individual pieces having been probably cutfrom a cane of glass, itself formed by a combination ofminute rods, as in the case of the Egyptian fusedmosaics. These pieces were arranged in the mould in acoil, starting from the centre, but how far, if at all, duringthe subsequent partial fusion, they were subjected to anyblowing operation, is a moot point. In any case, thefinal effect is the result of an elaborate process of cuttingon the whee
. Glass. itations may probablybe looked for. These millefiori bowls are evidently built up withmore or less spirally arranged fragments of glassmosaic,-^ the individual pieces having been probably cutfrom a cane of glass, itself formed by a combination ofminute rods, as in the case of the Egyptian fusedmosaics. These pieces were arranged in the mould in acoil, starting from the centre, but how far, if at all, duringthe subsequent partial fusion, they were subjected to anyblowing operation, is a moot point. In any case, thefinal effect is the result of an elaborate process of cuttingon the wheel and subsequent polishing. In this millefiori glass the sections of the canes arearranged with a studied irregularity (so as, in a measure, 1 This arrangement in spiral coils is very characteristic of the glass of thisperiod, though it is generally only to be seen on close examination. We havenoticed it in the case of the lace-glass from Canosa. It may give us some clueas to the method of manufacture. 50.
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