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This is a list of surviving ancient Roman gold glass portraits of the finer painted sort. The majority of surviving Roman gold glass pieces are the cut-off bottoms of drinking glasses made with unpainted gold leaf. These sometimes bear the names of individuals and were probably commemorative gifts on a special occasion such as a wedding ...
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Contemporary American "rocks" glasses may be much larger, and used for a variety of beverages over ice. Shot glass, a small glass for up to four ounces of liquor. The modern shot glass has a thicker base and sides than the older whiskey glass. Water glass; Whiskey tumbler, a small, thin-walled glass for a straight shot of liquor
Beaker made using the ‘Zwischengoldglas’ technique, mid 18th century V&A Museum no. 1271-1872. Zwischengoldglas, (German "gold between glass", plural Zwischengoldgläser) is a type of decorated glassware in which a design in gold leaf is created on a glass vessel, then sealed under another precisely-fitting glass vessel, which is then bonded to the first piece with cement.
A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum, British Museum (Arts and Humanities Research Council), fully available online. Morey, Charles R., Ferrari, Guy, The Gold-Glass Collection of the Vatican Library with Additional Catalogues of Other Gold-Glass Collections, 1959, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Vintage cranberry glass bowl The beaker with lid made from Gold Ruby is attributed to Johann Kunckel. Cranberry glass or ' Gold Ruby ' glass is a red glass made by adding gold salts or colloidal gold to molten glass. Tin, in the form of stannous chloride, is sometimes added in tiny amounts as a reducing agent. The glass is used primarily in ...
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Glass databases are a collection of glass compositions, glass properties, glass models, associated trademark names, patents etc. These data were collected from publications in scientific papers and patents, from personal communication with scientists and engineers, and other relevant sources.