Topic: What is "Wellenglass"?

[ian.macky]

Hi all...

I'm researching the prism glass company  Société Continentale du Verre-Soleil (1900-1929 or so) and while transcribing the price page from their 1912 catalogue I ran into the word Wellenglass.  What 's that??  I find no references at all online.  There are mentions of "Wellenglas" spelled the German way (with one 's'), but not this way with two 's's.

Verre-Soleil A, AB, B ou Wellenglass	le mètre carré	25 fr.
Verre-Soleil bleu anticalorifique	—	25
Verre-Soleil armé (blanc où de couleur)	—	35

I'm guessing A, AB, B refers to the number of defects...  A=none, AB=minor defects, B=second grade?

Attached is a scan of the page in question.

Help!

Merci....

[Anne]

Hi Ian, I've come across several instances of German words in French catalogues which should end in -glas actually ending in -glass, so on that premise I checked for a translation of Wellenglas and it means wave glass, which I suspect means rippled or patterned in some way.  I found on Pinterest a glass Christmas decoration which is ribbed and which is described as "Wellenglas Christbaumschmuck", which seems to support this suggestion. 

Here is the same item on another website in case you can't access Pinterest: https://www.manufactum.at/wellenglas-christbaumschmuck-a41284/

Hope this helps.

[ian.macky]

Hi Ian, I've come across several instances of German words in French catalogues which should end in -glas actually ending in -glass, so on that premise I checked for a translation of Wellenglas and it means wave glass, which I suspect means rippled or patterned in some way.

Thanks Anne, you are surely right.