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| 2009-5-10
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| Venetial Glassm
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| The origins of glassmaking in the area of the Venetian lagoon date very far back in history, with the first reliable reports of ac......
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| 2009-4-28
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| Conclusion
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| Although this brief history comes to a close nearly 40 years ago, technological evolution naturally continues. Not yet ready to be......
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| Cisank>>News>>Early hollow glass production |
| Early hollow glass production |
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After 1500 BC, Egyptian craftsmen are known to have begun developing a method for producing glass pots by dipping a core mould of compacted sand into molten glass and then turning the mould so that molten glass adhered to it. While still soft, the glass-covered mould could then be rolled on a slab of stone in order to smooth or decorate it. The earliest examples of Egyptian glassware are three vases bearing the name of the Pharaoh Thoutmosis III (1504-1450 BC), who brought glassmakers to Egypt as prisoners following a successful military campaign in Asia. There is little evidence of further
evolution until the 9th century BC, when glassmaking revived in Mesopotamia. Over the following 500 years, glass production centred on Alessandria, from where it is thought to have spread to Italy.
The first glassmaking "manual" dates back to around 650 BC. Instructions on how to make glass are contained in tablets from the library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (669-626 BC). | |
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