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The company has a 500 year history of glassed container manufacture, and countless beads have been produced with this glassed container throughout those years. Aeolipile (greek) the name sometimes given to globular or pear-shaped objects with a narrow neck and . With respect to bead making, very little force can be tolerated, but gravity certainly is used to influence the shape of a bead. In the festoon, all combing is in one direction, while the feather alternates direction.

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Lampwork-a form of glassblowing where the glassed container is heated over a flame. Abrasion the technique of grinding shallow decoration with a wheel. Because of the specialized manufacturing, this glassed container can cost ten times more than plain .



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Marvering-to shape heated glassed container into a cylinder, it is rolled over a flat marble, stone, or cast iron surface called a "marver", and the process is called marvering. Amphoriskos (greek, "small amphora") a small jar with two handles, used for perfume or toilet oil in the pre-roman and roman periods. This is an integral part of glassmaking because if a hot object is allowed to cool too quickly, it will be highly strained by the time it reaches room temperature; indeed, it may break as it cools. Hot glassed container is rolled in frit to create the effect of small dots of color.

It is called hard glassed container because it retains it's shape when heated, and does not flow or soften as readily as soft . In some areas, potash was substituted for soda, which comes from wood ash. In the festoon, all combing is in one direction, while the feather alternates direction. Almorraja (spanish) a rose water sprinkler with many spouts, in northern spain between the 16th and 18th centuries.

Dichroic glassed container-this is glassed container which has been coated on one side with metal oxide layers.

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