Topic: terminology

[SAS]

Dear Readers,
Can any of you refer me to a source that lists glass flaws or defects (occuring in
the manufacturing process such as bubbles or cracks or whatever) and damage
(such as fleabites, chips, etc.)
    I have all the usual glass dictionaries and glossaries. I cannot pick
out all the flaws and damage terms if I do not know what they are.
     Glass Collector's Digest and Glass Review do not have
complete indices  (that I know of) and it would take me a very long time to
go through all of those.
     I have Googled until my eyes are crossing and can't find a list(s).
Surely there must be a list(s) somewhere.
    Thank you very much for any assistance you might be able to give.
Shirley Smith in Charleston, WV

[Frank]

There are as many different names as there are thingies. Try searching the GMB you should find most of these things discussed and often with a mention of other countries/glassworks etc terminology.

The Glass Bibliography currently lists about 300 journals, most have some contents listed and others have a full list of contents. There are only six issues of the Glass Collectors Digest without any contents and no-one has yet reacted to my appeal for data on that.

The intention is to have all major material with its full contents list to enable these type of backward searches.

http://www.glass-study.com/cms/index.php?option=com_jombib&Itemid=54 direct link to Journal & Magazines.

The Glass-Study takes this further, by having full text indexes of in=copyright books and journals so that you quickly locate where particular terms, names etc. got published. So far only a dozen or so 'Glass Cone' issues and a book or two have been done. Where a license has been obtained, or out of copyright, the entire text and images are reproduced. Acce4ss to it is by subscription only.

[Anne]

If there isn't one we can create one with images in GlassGallery - I'm sure we all have examples we could add to such a resource? 

In fact we could go a step further and create a technical category in trhe Gallery where we can show flaws, glass finishes, decoration types etc...  what do folks think? Is it worth doing?

[Adam]

For manufacturing defects there is "Defects in Glass" by C J Peddle, Glass Publications Ltd, 1927.  I hope my copy isn't the only one in captivity!  OK, it's even older than me (just) but defects can't have changed much!

Adam D.

[Glen]

Our NetworK journal #19 (1998) had an article we wrote with Howard Seufer (ex Fenton) entitled "Damaged Glass".

We covered shear marks, lap marks, mould joint marks, settle waves, blisters, bruises, chips and so on and so on.

Glen

[SAS]

Dear Readers,
Thank you all so much for your comments and suggestions.
How does one subscribe to Frank's Glass Bibliography site? How much does it cost? I did not see how to subscribe on the site.
Thank you all again.
Shirley in Charleston, WV

[Frank]

Hi Shirley, subscribing to the Glass-Study (Digital versions of licensed and out of copyright material) is 30 Euros per year, the first year is open ended at present (Lots of scaffolding still  ). You then also get access to The Glass Catalogue (digitised catalogues split by item) and the Glass-Zoo.

More details here: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,16602.0.html

The sites will be taken over by an NPO, probably later this year, then the first year will commence and part of the subscription will be used to create a fund to preserve glass web-sites.