. Glass. EGYPTIAN GLASS covered with glass, probably by winding a thread of glassround it, as large beads of this age are thus vase could then be reheated as often as needed forworking by holding it in a furnace, the metal rod forminga handle, and the sand inside the vase preventing itscollapse. Threads of coloured glass could then be woundround it and incorporated by rolling; the wavy patternwas produced by dragging the surface in different direc-tions, the foot was pressed into shape by pincers, thebrim was formed, and the handles were put on. Lastly,on cooling, the metal rod would
. Glass. EGYPTIAN GLASS covered with glass, probably by winding a thread of glassround it, as large beads of this age are thus vase could then be reheated as often as needed forworking by holding it in a furnace, the metal rod forminga handle, and the sand inside the vase preventing itscollapse. Threads of coloured glass could then be woundround it and incorporated by rolling; the wavy patternwas produced by dragging the surface in different direc-tions, the foot was pressed into shape by pincers, thebrim was formed, and the handles were put on. Lastly,on cooling, the metal rod would contract and come loosefrom the neck, and after it was withdrawn the sand couldbe rubbed out from the body of the vase. The wavy decoration thus obtained was of two types:(i) formed simply by a succession of crescent-shapecurves, or (ii) by means of a double drag, the patternassumed a form like a frond of palm leaves, or still morelike these leaves plaited into a basket. (Cf. PI. ii.) The number of these
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