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Bell jar       A cover for food, pies, etc. (and vacuum chamber in labs) normally bell shaped with a knob on top for lifting. see twine holder, clock dome. May be small, as protecting cheese served at room temperature ETG

Bellows       fused glass jewelry in the shape of a bellows, flat sides with ridges on edges, handles and nozzle, decorative only until I see one work MILLER p.297 2003-06-29 (e-mail says non-working so just cast)

Bench       The bench is the center of the hot shoppe. It is where the artist works a piece and is the where all the tools are kept.

Berluze       A freely blown vase, the baggy body smooth a' soaped, leading to a tall, slender neck at least twice the height of the body. The surface was either smooth or granulated with acid, and was of a solid color or varied with abstract splashes of color. They were made by Daum Freres, and also by Muller Frères and other firms. Although some are quite small, many are impressively tall. Groups of these are particularly decorative. GANTAD

Bird Feeder       One design is like a vase with knob foot and a reverse flared lip with holes drilled just below the rim. The vase is filled with birdseed and the opening stoppered. When turned knob up seed falls out of the drilled holes on the reverse lip and birds can feed. A wire round the knob forms a hanger. (A loop for the knob would also work, being harder to smooth and punty.) See Hummingbird feeder

Bird Fountain       A small necked bottle with a dichroic glass jewelry "pipe" coming out near the base and bending up so liquid will stand at the end of the pipe, for watering chickens? or other birds. About 5" tall. NEGG p.35

Birds       Birds are a continuing favorite in varying detail.

Bits       Tiny amounts of fused glass that can be added to a piece. (ie color, handles, stems, wraps)

Bitters       A patent or proprietary medicine containing alcohol; sold without a prescription.

Blank       A fused dichroic glass vessel completed, but not yet decorated. GANTAD

Blob top       a bottle with a rounded blob-like lip; found frequently on early soda and mineral water bottles. IGCB

Block       a wooden dipper like device cut out on one side and used during free blowing to give symmetric~ form to a bottle in its early stages. T

Blocks       Wood molds that fit in the palm of your hand to be used to shape the glass jewelry in the early phases of the process

Blocks       Blocks are chunks of wood, most commonly cherry but also pear and apple. These pieces of wood are carved to a shape useful in forming glass jewelry. The blocks are then soaked in water until waterlogged. The steam from the water and the carbon that forms on the surface makes a durable tool to produce smooth fused glass. Usually the wood will crack if allowed to dry out; therefore it should be kept in water or in plastic bag when traveling. Wooden rods and paddles are also used the same way. IGCB Paper & Wood Blocks in use: 2003-11-22

Blow-back mold       A full-height mold with a bulb-like formation cut into the neck of the mold to facilitate severing the completed bottle from the blowpipe. (IGCB)

Blow-Molded (or Mold-Blown)       A vessel made by blowing the parson into a mold. Thus the outer surface acquired a three-dimensional decor, further enhanced by the judicious use of color in the parison. The vase could then be finished with some carving, or acid-etching, then polishing. GANTAD

Blown Molded       dichroic glass inflated inside a wood, plaster, or metal mold which may set the dichroic glass jewelry shape or add decorative details. Depending on the design may be a two or three part mold. Describes a whole category of fused glass in American Blown Glass history - 3 mold blown. 2AG

Blow-over       a seam mark caused when a bottle is blown in a dip' mold until the shoulder expands over the top of the mold.

Blowpipe       A hollow steel rod, with a mouth piece on one end which the artist blows through to expand a bubble through the hot fused dichroic glass jewelry

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