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  2. Wine cork - Wikipedia

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    A French wine cork. A wine corks is a stopper used to seal a wine bottle.They are typically made from cork (bark of the cork oak), though synthetic materials can be used.. Common alternative wine closures include screw caps and glass stoppers. 68 percent of all cork is produced for wine bottle st

  3. Ampersand Painter - Wikipedia

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    The Ampersand Painter was active during the Archaic period (700–480 BCE) of ancient Greece, a time when influences from Eastern and Egyptian objects were making their way into the Mediterranean region. The city of Corinth, Greece, was a major trading post for much of this period and lead the way in adopting these new motifs onto vases.

  4. Cork (material) - Wikipedia

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    Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork-based ...

  5. Why wine bottles are sealed with cork -- and why that ... - AOL

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    While many bulk wines use screw caps -- which is likely where the stigma originated -- a screw cap is by no means and indicator of the quality of your wine. Why wine bottles are sealed with cork ...

  6. Closure (wine bottle) - Wikipedia

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    Closure is a term used in the wine industry to refer to a stopper, the object used to seal a bottle and avoid harmful contact between the wine and oxygen. [1] They include: [2] Traditional natural cork closures ('corks'); alternative wine closures, such as screw caps, synthetic closures, glass closures.

  7. Art glass - Wikipedia

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    Art glass is a subset of glass art, this latter covering the whole range of art made from glass. Art glass normally refers only to pieces made since the mid-19th century, and typically to those purely made as sculpture or decorative art , with no main utilitarian function, such as serving as a drinking vessel, though of course stained glass ...

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