Dillon, Edward, d. 1914 · London, Methuen and Co.; New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 479
bove all a substance to beemployed in the imitation of precious marbles and gems.Lacking itself all classical and literary associations, glasscan only find a reflected honour from these more noblesubstances. With this object in view, the skilled Chinesecraftsmen were soon able to produce the most… … CHINESE GLASS treatment of the material—a method of handling which,at all events since the best Roman times, had been else-where completely neglected. Their aim above all wasthe imitation of jade : half-molten masses of glass, of twoor more colours, were worked up and dragged throughone another;…
Glass · Glassware
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