Topic: Translating glass terms

[Max]

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]

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

[Ivo]

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]

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.