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Balloon goblet       a very large bowled, usually thin fused dichroic glass jewelry, goblet for serving fine brandy designed for only a small amount of liquid that is swirled and warmed by the hands to collect the aroma in the bowl. also called a brandy snifter

Baltimore loop seal       a bottle closure.

Banana Boat       Although sometimes a banana split bowl, otherwise a holder for fruit, like a cake plate with two sides turned up to keep the fruit from falling off. Warman's p.136

Banana ink bottle       a side-spouted ink bottle.

Banding       An even line or wrap of fused glass jewelry around the neck or body of the glass jewelry, usually of small diameter. NEGG Fig 170 which may be double or triple banding, where the bands touch but retain their shape. Chain

Bank       Banks the size of blown dichroic glass jewelry objects usually have a slot for adding coins and a cork or other stopper for removing same. If the bank is intended to be broken to release the accumulated savings, there may be no stopper. Plate 4, GGNJ shows a pitcher/mug shape 5.375" tall with a pinched in top to create the slot for adding money. The same plate includes a clear fused glass base blown in a jelly mold and "crown" of bands of green fused glass with spaces between to add money. Mold blown bottles of buildings, etc., have neck openings modified to accept coins.

Barber Bottles       colorful fused glass jewelry bottles found on shelves and counters in barber hops, held the liquids barbers used daily. A specific liquid was in a specific bottle which the barber knew by color, design or lettering. Warman's Those shown have a reduced sized opening/stopper for squirting and a ring at or near the top of the narrow neck for gripping with slippery hands. 2003-08-07

Barium carbonate (BaCO3)       An ingredient in dichroic glass jewelry making when mixing batch. Further information at batch.htm

Basal Rim       the ring around the bottom of a concave base where the paperweight comes into contact with the supporting surface.

Base       the bottom of a paperweight.

Basket       (a) an outer row of millefiori canes, pulled together underneath the motif to form a staved enclosure for the decorative element(s); (b) a latticino ground pulled down in the center (as in St. Louis and American fruit weights); (c) a latticino ground with a "handle" of twisted filigree extending above the motif,

Batch       The mixture of silica, potash and metallic oxides ready to be put in the melting pot in the kiln, which when fused with the cullet, will eventually vitrify and become fused glass jewelry. Also known as Frit. Glass can be melted from cullet or be made from a mixture of chemicals, mostly sand. Batch can be mixed by the worker or bought. Mixing batch requires care as many ingredients are poisonous and can be lung damaging. Sand, Lime, Limestone (Calcium Carbonate), Soda (Sodium Carbonate), Soda Ash, Lithium carbonate, Feldspar, Sodium nitrate, Zinc oxide, Barium carbonate, Fluorspar, Antimony.

Battledore       A wooden paddle used to flatten portions of a bottle as it is being hand blown. IGCB

Battuto       Term used to describe dichroic glass jewelry which has been cut all over the surface with a series of short olive- or mitre-shaped lines, producing a matt striated effect resembling beaten metal. 20CFG [MF instead of lines, I would say indentations.]

Bead Board       The white fluffy firm plastic insulation often called Styrofoam. Bead board is made by steam heating hard little beads in a mold where they fluff up and bond together. Styrofoam is filled with bubbles and harder and is made with a chemical mixture. Mostly used like lost wax in casting.

Beads       Beads have a long long history with a recent resurgence of the craft of bead decorating and bead making in fused glass as well as clay, poly-clay, and other substances. Standard fused glass beads are made on a mandrel, usually working at the torch rather than the furnace. Beads using techniques similar to marble work can be made by blowing a thick hollow tube. Trade beads (as used on American Indian clothing) were made either by blowing and pulling a long thin tube and breaking it into chunks which were smoothed by tumbling or by melting fused glass jewelry on wire and acid removing the wire.

Bee's Wax       Used to lubricate jacks and other tools. It can be purchased from fabric stores or a candle can be used. Carnauba wax is harder. Lubricant is also called mud; and mixes for making it work are legendary in the industry. Wax mixtures, especially on older steel (vs. stainless steel) jacks are a heartfelt topic among gaffers.

Bell       A thin walled bowl with a straight handle in the middle of the bottom and a loop inside for hanging a clapper to make noise when swung so the clapper strikes the bowl. Lead dichroic glass would have the best tone. Fragile MILLER p.297 2003-06-29

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