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2. Unguentarium - Wikipedia

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   An unguentarium (pl.: unguentaria), also referred to as balsamarium (pl.: balsamarii), lacrimarium (pl.: lacrimarii) or tears vessel, [1] is a small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently by archaeologists at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. [2]

3. Show globe - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of this design was to eliminate the need to use colored liquids, which could leave a residue inside the bottle. [13] Though oil could be used to illuminate the colored glass panes in windows, gas lighting in the early 19th century led to the general use of show globes. They could be lit from the interior or placed in front of a gas jet.

4. Art Nouveau glass - Wikipedia

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   Art Nouveau glass is fine glass in the Art Nouveau style. Typically the forms are undulating, sinuous and colorful art, usually inspired by natural forms. Pieces are generally larger than drinking glasses, and decorative rather than practical, other than for use as vases and lighting fittings; there is little tableware.

5. List of glassware - Wikipedia

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   A classic 20-facet Soviet table-glass, produced in the city of Gus-Khrustalny since 1943. Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses. Collins glass, for a tall mixed drink. [5] Dizzy cocktail glass, a glass with a wide, shallow bowl, comparable to a normal cocktail glass but without the stem; Faceted glass or granyonyi stakan

6. History of glass - Wikipedia

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   A very important advance in glass manufacture was the technique of adding lead oxide to the molten glass; this improved the appearance of the glass and made it easier to melt using sea-coal as a furnace fuel. This technique also increased the "working period" of the glass, making it easier to manipulate.

7. The 12 Most Expensive Bottles of Wine Ever Sold

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   Sold for: $558,000. With only 600 bottles ever produced, this blended red wine marked the final harvest before the vineyard’s old vines were uprooted.Made during the tail end of World War II ...