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Ruby flashed glass. Flashed glass, [1] or flash glass, is a type of glass [2] created by coating a colorless gather of glass with one [1] [3] [4] or more thin layers of colored glass. [5] This is done by placing a piece of melted glass of one color into another piece of melted glass of a different color and then blowing the glass. [1] [6]
Flashed glass fused a thin outer layer of glass to a thicker glass object, often of a different color. The larger object was dipped into molten glass, then heated to fuse the outer layer to the object. The outer layer could then be etched, often diamond, to reveal the color beneath. Glass marquetry was a technique developed by Émile Gallé in ...
A second method, sometimes used in some areas of windows, is flashed glass, a thin coating of coloured glass fused to colourless glass (or coloured glass, to produce a different colour). In medieval glass flashing was especially used for reds, as glass made with gold compounds was very expensive and tended to be too deep in colour to use at ...
Cranberry glass creations were most popular as a table display, often holding candy or flowers. Cranberry glass was also frequently used for wine glasses, decanters, and finger bowls. Cranberry glass was also well known for its use in "Mary Gregory" glass. This glass had a white enamel fired onto the glass in a design, usually with a romantic ...
When the dazzling 16-foot-high leaded stained- glass window arrived in Canton in 1913, it made front-page news—and postponed the new church’s dedication by a week because of a shipping delay.
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Opalescent glass. The term "opalescent glass" is commonly used to describe glass where more than one color is present, being fused during the manufacture, as against flashed glass in which two colors may be laminated, or silver stained glass where a solution of silver nitrate is superficially applied, turning red glass to orange and blue glass to green.
The slow side pour ensures a thick layer of foam at the top of the glass, the traditional way to enjoy this Munich Dunkel, a German-style beer. “It hits all the right notes. It’s malty and ...