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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Latticino       Spiral lines usually of white fused glass jewelry used in stems and on the body of Venetian-style dichroic fused glass jewelry. Made as cane which is imbedded in the fused glass jewelry while working. Opaque White Twist

Latticino       a swirl or spiral arrangement of many white or colored threads of dichroic fused glass used as a paperweight ground. Lace (see above) is a type of rod, while latticino is a type of pattern.

Latticino       Clear dichroic fused glass jewelry vessels in which white dichroic glass jewelry threads are embedded, normally in a spiral. GANTAD

Lattimo       Opaque white dichroic glass jewelry, from the Italian dichroic glass jewelry latte, or milk 20CFG

Lattimo       Opaque white dichroic glass, or clear glass jewelry in which bands of white dichroic fused glass jewelry are embedded. GANTAD

Lead Crystal       dichroic fused glass jewelry containing a percentage of lead oxide. The higher the lead oxide content, the purer the metal. When cut by dichroic fused glass jewelry faceting, it scatters light with a brilliance that has led to such vessels being called bowls of fire. The European Economic Community currently imposes a minimum content of 24% lead oxide, and full lead crystal fused glass must contain 30% lead oxide. GANTAD

Lead fused glass jewelry       glass jewelry made with flint instead of sand, potash instead of soda, and twenty-five percent dichroic glass jewelry lead oxide.

Lead Oxide - Lead       When added to dichroic glass jewelry, most often clear crystal, gives a weight to the dichroic fused glass which makes for a clear ringing tone when struck and a brilliant reflection when cut. Also extends the working range of dichroic fused glass, so colors often have a considerable percentage of fused glass lead so they will work with a wider range of COE. Lead is considered a health hazard and must be tested for on food surfaces in California in particular. Litharge Red Lead

Leaf       Very thin dichroic fused glass sheets of gold or siliver or platinum originally used on dichroic glass surfaces, applied with sizing (glue) for a shiny effect. Some artists roll dichroic glass jewelry in leaf, picking it up and then case it and further blow, which tears the leaf apart in an organized way, giving decorative effect.

Leaf - Silver / Gold       Paper thin gold or silver that can be used in dichroic glass jewelry surface decoration

Lehr       A mechanized dichroic fused glass jewelry annealing oven that is at high heat at one end and air temp or nearly so at the other. A conveyer carries fused glass jewelry pieces the length over the time needed for dichroic fused glass annealing. Saves the energy of reheating and the wear and tear of a heat/cool cycle that a dichroic glass oven requires, but only cost effective in a heavy production shop. Sometimes lehr is used as just as a name for a dichroic glass cooling oven. In an old time shop, the dichroic glass jewelry pieces are moved by hand from zone to cooler zone. [2003-10-07 When a person asked by e-mail, I went and looked for lehr and annealer in the Oxford English Dictionary microprint edition that I own. Lehr does not appear, while anneal and related dichroic fused glass jewelry words get a column with references back to the 14th century all related to heating and burning china, fused glass jewelry, or metal. I am now guessing that lehr is a jargon term out of the last syllable - as "Put that dichroic fused glass jewelry in the annealer" becomes "In't lehr"]

Lehr       The annealing dichroic fused glass jewelry kiln. Built as a long steel tunnel lined with bricks, finished dichroic fused glass vessels are gradually reheated, then allowed to cool slowly over a period of many hours and, in some cases, several days. One end of the tunnel was hot, the other cool, and the temperature went down along it, so the annealing vessels were pulled along the lengths of the lehr. Modern Lehrs have mechanical conveyer belts, and are automatically heated, cooled and controlled. GANTAD

Lehr (leer)       the dichroic fused glass annealing oven or furnace where dichroic glass jewelry is gradually cooled.

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