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APOTHECARY GLASS: Small hand blown glass medicinal bottles have been used for storing and transporting medicines and the ingredients for medicines for nearly 2,000 years. The earliest ones were the Roman "unguentaria", sometimes called "teardrop bottles" made by the thousands.
The skilled glass worker would blow a tiny gather of glass into a bulb, pull the neck with his tools to elongate it, and then shear the vial from the blow pipe leaving a simple flared top. Very few were made during the medieval times. During the "Renaissance" period small globular "footed" vials for medicines were made. Then the small cylindrical medicine bottle, popular from 15th century.

Architectural       Glass designed to become part of a building's structure. This term is used when the architect specifies the glass as part of the architectural design. ARCHITECTURAL GLASS: Is designed to become part of a building's structure. An uses this term to specify the glass as part of the architectural design.

Art       A generic category that covers all artistic uses of glass as contrasted with functional use. Typical art glass types are stained glass, carved glass, fused glass, lamp-worked glass. ART DECO GLASS: Named from an exhibition in Paris in 1925 (the Exposition des Arts Decorative et industrial Moderns) where the finest French artists exhibited their pieces in this new style.
During the 1920's it was renounced for its opulence and exclusiveness". This style uses geometric patterns, bold colors, and animal motifs. Designers of the time were Rene Lalique, Maurice Marinot, Daum Freres, Sabino (all French) and from England, we must add Joblings.

ART NOUVEAU GLASS: Art Nouveau, a style of decoration popular in the 1890's and 1900's lasting until War broke out in Europe in 1914. It uses free flowing motifs based on nature. The name Art Nouveau is derived from a Paris gallery called 'Maison de L'Art Nouveau', which played a role in displaying and popularizing this style.
Think of this style as a feminine form, rounded and curving. Think of plant forms growing and burgeoning.
Many great artists made Art Nouveau Glass: including Galle, Louis C. Tiffany, the Daum brothers at Daum Nancy, Muller Freres, Loetz, and the Powells at Whitefriars.
As a reaction to the Victorian passion, Art Nouveau imitated earlier styles like Classical and Renaissance, Baroque and Rococco styles. These imitation works of art gave the Victorians a sense of security and confidence in their own affluence. Art Nouveau was something fresh, entirely new, and a break-away from the old traditions.

ARTS and CRAFTS GLASS: The "Arts and Crafts" title came from the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, established in 1887 to show off designers' work in a range of materials and continued for some 50 years. As a a reaction against the extravagant, over-decorated Victorian taste and the worst features of factory production.
Well know designers were Walter Crane, William Morris, and Charles Robert Ashbee. Taking a simple design made of inexpensive materials with a high standard was their goal. They failed to change society in the way they intended because it was too expensive for "the masses".
Artique       An imitation of antique glass made by Spectrum Glass Company. The fine lines from a change of density in antique glass are molded into the surface of this glass giving a similar effect in a machine-rolled glass at lower cost than true antique blown glass.

Backing       A thin piece of glass used to hold together broken fragments of old glass by adhering to them (usually with silicone or epoxy).

Back-lighting       A method of using artificial light to illuminate stained glass not illuminated by sunlight.

Baroque       An artistic style of stained glass characterized by the use of curved lines and extravagant ornamentation.

Bent       Glass that has been bent by heating and , usually, forming it over a curved mold.

Beveled       Glass that has the edge cut off at an angle. This bends the light and produces a prismatic effect. The bevel is made by grinding off the edge of flat glass. Straight-edged bevels can be made by multiple machine grinding steps while curved edge bevels must be hand-made.

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