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VERRE TYPE SCORIE [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ornamental Glassware
  • Types of Glass
DEF

A type of glass that is streaky like marble, due to the inclusion in the metal of some waste slag, e.g. silicate skimmed off molten steel from the furnaces.

OBS

It was usually made by press-moulding inexpensive ware, some having a bright-blue colour, some purple or black.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verrerie d'art
  • Sortes de verre
CONT

(...) les articles les plus caractéristiques furent probablement ceux exécutés avec le verre appelé "slag glass" (littéralement "verre de type scorie"), très lourd, de couleur pourpre ou revêtant d'autres teintes très intenses marbrées de blanc.

Spanish

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