Author Topic: Translating glass terms (Read 1434 times)

Max · « **Reply #10 on:** May 15, 2006, 04:39:41 PM »

Hmm...I always thought that pate de verre was ...er...chopped up glass, kind of reconstituated. I'm thinking now that that is probably a little far off the mark. :oops:

Edit: Thanks for making me look it up Frank.

It's powdered glass put in a plaster mould, which is then fused in a kiln. Courtesy Ivo. :wink:

I bet I was the only person not to really know that. :oops: :oops:

Frank · « **Reply #11 on:** May 15, 2006, 05:18:13 PM »

That is the English use, it is also applied to other glass such as Schneider cameo in French catalogues of the period.

Ivo · « **Reply #12 on:** May 15, 2006, 08:55:16 PM »

The French often use Pâte-de-verre colloquially and erroneously for anything opaque and matte. The use of the word in the Schneider catalogue is wrong, and was wrong at the time.

Frank · « **Reply #13 on:** May 15, 2006, 10:06:27 PM »

It is not in a Scneider catalogue, in fact it appears in many retailer catalogues including one selling Schneider from 1920's through to modern times.

Thanks for the explanation Ivo.