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2. Dominick Labino - Wikipedia

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   Labino suggested that they melt the glass directly in the furnace; [10] he then directed the conversion of the pot furnace into a small day tank. Instead of trying to melt another load of glass batch, Labino re-charged the furnace with the low-melting formula #475 glass marbles that he had developed for Johns-Manville for the production of ...

3. Lycurgus Cup - Wikipedia

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   When viewed in reflected light, as in this flash photograph, the cup's dichroic glass is green in colour, whereas when viewed in transmitted light, the glass appears red. The Lycurgus Cup is a Roman glass 4th-century cage cup made of a dichroic glass , which shows a different colour depending on whether or not light is passing through it: red ...

4. Cage cup - Wikipedia

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   The Lycurgus Cup, lit from behind, with a modern foot and rim.. The function of cage cups is debated. The inscriptions strongly suggest that they were cups to be used, and perhaps passed around, for ceremonial drinking at feasts, but it has been suggested that the shape of the out-turned rim of the beakers and the missing stand of all known vessels means that all diatreta were like the example ...

5. Venetian glass - Wikipedia

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   Venetian glass (Italian: vetro veneziano) is glassware made in Venice, ... This process is a popular technique for vases, and is sometimes used for sculptures.

6. Art marble - Wikipedia

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   Dichroic glass is a very popular choice with glass artists today, especially so when creating marbles, because of its properties of having more than one color and when viewed from different angles, has a sparkle effect, much like a cut gemstone. Dichroic glass is actually a product created by the space industry, and was first used as an ...

7. 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.