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Record 1 1986-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Manufacturing
  • Ornamental Glassware
DEF

An air-bubble in the shape of a tear-drop, encased in the stem of some drinking glasses or other glassware, or occasionally in a finial or a solid knop.

OBS

It was originally produced accidentally, but later made deliberately as decoration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du verre
  • Verrerie d'art
CONT

Avec les fers et la palette, le verrier en façonne la jambe (...) si la noix est soufflée, l'artisan la modèle en balustre ou en bouton, à travers quoi l'on pourra voir en transparence la larme d'air qui s'y trouve enclose.

Spanish

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