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Two lozenge-shaped windows with simple forms to centre with a pattern suggestive of leaves or wings. North wall window is yellow/green with red detail, while east wall is white with blue detail. Both have framing borders of multicoloured stud-like spots. [39] Modern church designed by Basil Spence and built 1965–67.
Opaline glass is a style of antique glassware that was produced in Europe, particularly 19th-century France. It was originally made by adding materials such as bone ash to lead-crystal, creating a semi-opaque glass with reddish opalescence .
The color is caused by the size and dispersion of gold particles. Ruby gold glass is usually made of lead glass with added tin. Silver compounds such as silver nitrate and silver halides can produce a range of colors from orange-red to yellow. The way the glass is heated and cooled can significantly affect the colors produced by these compounds.
Produced between 1930 and 1940, this Depression glass pattern features delicate, scalloped edges resembling flower petals, often enhanced with pastel tints or hand-painted details.
Less common colors include yellow (canary), ultramarine, jadeite (opaque pale green), delphite (opaque pale blue), cobalt blue, red (ruby and royal ruby), black, amethyst, monax, and white (milk glass). Some depression glass is uranium glass. Although of marginal quality, Depression glass has been highly collectible since the 1960s.
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]
Polychrome brickwork is a style of architectural brickwork which emerged in the 1860s and used bricks of different colours (brown, cream, yellow, red, blue, and black) in patterned combinations to highlight architectural features. These patterns were made around window arches or were just applied on walls.
The process of silver staining also was developed. The outside of the glass would have coloring of silver stain, while the artist painted the figures on the inside. The artist could employ several different colors and shades on a single pane of glass. [20] The techniques of painting on the glass also improved.