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Title: Museum of London glass terms
Post by: Lustrousstone on December 23, 2010, 07:40:03 AM

A useful reference here (http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/FCBB7609-4C5A-48A1-9082-F42EBA062F4B/0/post92molglass_glos.pdf)   (Mod: Note, link is to a PDF file rather than a webpage.)

Note: This link is now dead, please see reply #7 below for a link to the file.

Title: Re: Museum of London glass terms
Post by: Leni on December 23, 2010, 09:46:37 AM

Thank you, Christine :D  Some fascinating information there!  Especially the words describing faults in glass!  I expect to see far more accurate information about the nature of damage in people's ebay descriptions from now on  >:D  :24:

Title: Re: Museum of London glass terms
Post by: soledivo on December 23, 2010, 11:09:58 AM

Christine that's great, thank you  :hiclp:

Title: Re: Museum of London glass terms
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 23, 2010, 12:05:22 PM

Some of the terms took me back to our visit to St. Helen's World of Glass, Christine - memories of which bring the terms to life.
There are also a good few words which could be used as expletives...

thanks very much indeed - this will be studied.

Title: Re: Museum of London glass terms
Post by: yesvil on December 23, 2010, 01:14:52 PM

This is great for us novices - Thank you!

Title: Re: Museum of London glass terms
Post by: chopin-liszt on December 23, 2010, 01:29:19 PM

It also states, quite unambiguously, that a pontil is an iron rod.

Title: Re: Museum of London glass terms
Post by: Paul S. on December 23, 2010, 08:15:46 PM

thank you Christine  -  enormously valuable :)   I did toy with the idea of printing it off at work today - but was a little busy.   But when I get back to the office after Christmas, well...............

Title: Re: Museum of London glass terms
Post by: Anne on June 05, 2018, 01:17:22 AM

The original link is dead but I've tracked down a copy of the Glossary PDF via the Way Back Machine on archive.org - this link (https://web.archive.org/web/20101224211618/http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/FCBB7609-4C5A-48A1-9082-F42EBA062F4B/0/post92molglass_glos.pdf) should give you a PDF download of the file.