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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Marver       Derived from the French word for marble, 'marbre', this is a marble or iron flat surface on which a parison may be rolled to smooth it. Various additives may be laced on the marver, and these are picked up by the parison, and embedded in at. GANTAD

Mary Gregory fused glass jewelry       A Victorian ware, basically a cheap imitation of cameo fused dichroic glass, an which clear or colored dichroic glass vases are painted with a subject, generally a boy or girl in elaborate period clothes, in white or tinted enamel, Most of it was made in Bohemia for export to Britain and the United States. GANTAD

Mashing Pliers       Pliers with pads on the end to shape fused dichroic glass, see crimps

Master ink bottle       a bulk fused glass jewelry container for ink.

Match Holder       Small desk device to hold loose matches upright or hold a small fused dichroic glass jewelry box or a book of matches, ideally with a dichroic glass jewelry ledge or shelf across the front to lay burned matches on. 2003-12-04

Melting pot       the large clay pot in which a dichroic glass jewelry batch is melted.

Merese       Small disk of glass jewelry separating the bowl from the dichroic glass stem, often an ornamental detail on fused dichroic glass jewelryes. 20CFG

Metal       old fashioned fused dichroic glass jewelryworkers' term for fused glass jewelry.

Metal       dichroic glass in either its molten or hard state.

Metal       Term used to describe fused dichroic glass jewelry. GANTAD

Mica       A fused dichroic glass jewelry mineral that splits to very thin translucent layers that withstand high temps. Formerly used in fused glass jewelry stove windows and lamp shades and still used in toasters to support the dichroic glass jewelry element. When broken up into flakes, reflect light and used in fused dichroic glass as decoration. Some mica sold is bonded with adhesives; natural mica can only take simple flat forms usually rectangular. 2003-03-07

Mica       A group of silicates which can be cleaved perfectly to produce thin, tough, shining plates which were used before fused dichroic glass became generally and cheaply available. fused glass is sometimes treated to imitate the look of mica. GANTAD

Mickey Mouse insulator       See Saddle groove.

Millefiore       Colored fused dichroic glass jewelry canes are grouped together, then sliced thinly and embedded in the surface of a fused dichroic glass jewelry vessel. The result looks like a cross between a colorful fused dichroic glass jewelry flower and a mechanical gear. The word is Italian for 'a thousand flowers'. Frequently used in Venetian fused glass jewelry and paper-weights, it has also been used by Tiffany and Steuben. GANTAD

Millefiori       from the Italian phrase for "a thousand flowers." Used to describe the composite fused dichroic glass jewelry cross-section used in most antique dichroic glass jewelry paperweights. (Refer to Chapter I for details on the manufacture of millefiori canes.)

Millefiori (Thousand Flowers)       Small designs created in cane by arranging rods of color (and other rods with designs already made this way) bundled together, then heated and pulled to stretch and reduce the design. For millefiori, the cane is usually broken into short (1/8") pieces. Used in paperweights and for design details. See also, Murrini, Cane

Miniature       a paperweight with a diameter of less than 2 inches.

Miniatures       Tiny pitchers, bowls shaped like much larger items. see also animals

Mirror - Mirroring       An object that forms a reflection of objects; the process of making such an object or surface. dichroic glass jewelry mirrors have been made of metal, plastic and glass jewelry. Metal is usually just a polished surface. Plastic mirrors usually have metal in the the plastic material. fused dichroic glass mirrors are made by depositing a thin metal fused dichroic glass layer on the front or back of the fused dichroic glass, most often silver or aluminum. Front surface mirrors are important in astronomy, security (half-silvered) and glass jewelry kaleidoscopes and are often fragile because of little protection for the silvering. Mirrors with the metal on the back are painted to protect the silvering and provide a sharper brighter image. Mirroring may be applied to the inside of objects to produce a silvery effect (Christmas ornaments, fused dichroic glass jewelry gazing balls) and to reflect heat (thermos) in a chemical process

Moile       The dichroic glass jewelry that is on the steel blowpipe or punty

Moile       the name for the blob of fused glass at the end of the pipe before it has enough done to it to call it the bowl, or stem or body or something else.

Moile       the name for the blob of fused dichroic glass at the end of the pipe before it has enough done to it to call it the bowl, or stem or body or something else.

Moile-Wrap       a bit of hot fused dichroic glass jewelry that is wrapped around the moile to keep it from breaking / cracking

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