The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 49
ductions in vitrified sand. In Rome they cast,cut, and engraved glass—they even worked it with the hammer, if we are tobelieve Suetonius, who relates that a certain artist had discovered the secretof making glass malleable. This industrial art, which extended and improvedunder the emperors, found… … Fig. 15.—Cabinet in Damaskeened Iron, inlaid with gold and silver. An Italian work of the Sixteenth Century. making glass, and in her turn excelled in this manufacture. Althougharticles in glass and crystal, painted, enamelled, and engraved, are frequentlyalluded to in historical and poetical…
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