Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Langoliers appear in the form of toothed spherical creatures, and they are distracted from the departing plane as they devour Toomy and the surrounding reality. Bob proposes that the Langoliers' purpose is to clean up what is left of the past by devouring it. Dinah succumbs to her injuries, and the plane approaches the time rip.
Vase (1872) manufactured by the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co. (Victoria and Albert Museum) Millefiori (Italian: [ˌmilleˈfjoːri]) is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words "mille" (thousand) and "fiori" (flowers). [1]
In the material culture of classical antiquity, a patera (Latin pronunciation:) or phiale (Ancient Greek: φιάλη [pʰi.á.lɛː]) [2] is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation ( omphalos , "belly button") in the center underside to facilitate holding it, in which case it is sometimes called a ...
An epergne (/ ɪ ˈ p ɜːr n, eɪ-/ ih-PURN, ay-) is a type of table centerpiece that is usually made of silver but may be made of any metal or glass or porcelain. An epergne generally has a large central "bowl" or basket sitting on three to five feet. From this center "bowl" radiate branches supporting small baskets, dishes, or candleholders. [1]
The metallic part may be silvered or silver-plated, and the silver-plating inside the glass stem can create the illusion that the chandelier is made entirely of glass. [51] A glass bowl at the bottom disguises the metal disc onto which the glass arms are attached. [4] The early glass chandeliers were molded and uncut, often with solid rope ...
Absinthe glass, a short, thick-stemmed glass with a tall, wide bowl and some feature (like a ridge, bead, or bulge) indicating a correct serving of absinthe; Chalice or goblet, an ornate stem glass, especially one for ceremonial purposes; Champagne coupe, a stem glass with a wide, shallow bowl, for champagne (similar to a cocktail glass)
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
A fragment of lustre glass from Fustat is dated to the 779–780, and a bowl (Corning Museum of Glass) was made in Damascus between 718 and 814; otherwise we know little of the history of the technique on glass. Lustre was used in Islamic glass only briefly, and never spread to other areas as lustre on pottery did. [20]