Curiosities of glass making : with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture (1849)
Pellatt, Apsley, 1791-1863 · London : D. Bogue · leaf 94
81 TOOLS FOR MANIPULATION. Glass-makers’ tools are but few in number, and extremely simple. The pucellas, a, is somewhat like a pair of spring … tool is also employed to open or close the insides of wine-glasses, bowls, jugs, vases ; and to shape generally the Glass, as it rotates at the pleasure of the workman. The spring tool, B, is a species of tongs q for laying hold of half-formed handles, and generally to seize Glass while mak- ing.…
Glass manufacture · Glassware · Glassware, Ancient
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