Flashed glass explained

Flashed glass, or flash glass, is a type of glass[1] created by coating a colorless gather of glass with one[2] [3] [4] or more thin layers of colored glass.[5] This is done by placing a piece of melted glass of one color into another piece of melted glass of a different color and then blowing the glass.[6]

As well as its use for glass vessels, it has been very widely used in making stained glass since medieval times, often in combination with "pot metal glass", made by colouring molten glass, giving colour all through the sheet.

The colored glass can be partly or completely etched away (through exposure to acid or via sandblasting),[7] resulting in colorless spots where the colored glass has been removed.

Flashed glass can be made from various colors of glass.[8] A finished piece of flashed glass appears translucent.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Drachenfels, Suzanne Von. The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners, and Tableware. registration. 277. Flash glass.. 2000-11-08. Simon and Schuster. 9780684847320. en.
  2. Web site: Flashed? Cased? Stained? Glass decor. www.patternglass.com. 2017-07-03. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425170819/http://www.patternglass.com/FlashCaseStain/FlashCaseStain.htm. 2017-04-25.
  3. Book: Pfaender, H. G.. Schott Guide to Glass. 2012-12-06. Springer Science & Business Media. 9789401105170. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118145858/https://books.google.com/books?id=-bx9CAAAQBAJ&pg=SA4-PA12&dq=Flashed+glass+-wikipedia.org&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBlICW7-3UAhVC8WMKHR88CFQ4ChDoAQg9MAU#v=onepage&q=Flashed%20glass%20-wikipedia.org&f=false. 2018-01-18.
  4. Book: Glass Etching: 46 Full-size Patterns with Complete Instructions. Capp. Robert A.. Bush. Robert G.. 1984. Courier Corporation. 9780486245782. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118145859/https://books.google.com/books?id=trB5GH-aCPYC&pg=PA4&dq=Flashed+glass+colors&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitgKWbqO7UAhXLzlQKHTG-Bx44ChDoAQgvMAI#v=onepage&q=Flashed%20glass%20colors&f=false. 2018-01-18.
  5. Book: Geomaterials in Cultural Heritage. Maggetti. Marino. Messiga. Bruno. 2006. Geological Society of London. 9781862391956. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118145858/https://books.google.com/books?id=zP6bgkUWCTsC&pg=PA220&dq=Flashed+glass+-wikipedia.org&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP0rPD7O3UAhVBTWMKHSAgDR8Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=Flashed%20glass%20-wikipedia.org&f=false. 2018-01-18.
  6. Book: Discovery - A Popular Journal of Knowledge, New Series, Vol. II, January to December 1939. CUP Archive. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118145858/https://books.google.com/books?id=IwI-AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA163&dq=Flashed+glass+made+by&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV8bbe8O3UAhUmjlQKHYi6CT8Q6AEIMzAD#v=onepage&q=Flashed%20glass%20made%20by&f=false. 2018-01-18.
  7. Book: Strangest Genius: The Stained Glass of Harry Clarke. Costigan. Lucy. Cullen. Michael. 2010. The History Press Ireland. 9781845889715. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118145859/https://books.google.com/books?id=4tMKnALW4Y0C&pg=PA46&dq=flashed+glass&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIy-enou7WAhVDxFQKHd0-DRoQ6AEIVTAI#v=onepage&q=flashed%20glass&f=false. 2018-01-18.
  8. Book: Drake, Maurice. A History of English Glass-painting: With Some Remarks Upon the Swiss Glass Miniatures of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. 1913. McBride. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118145859/https://books.google.com/books?id=uDlAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA22&dq=flashed+glass+history&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik8uPQo-7WAhXKhlQKHXo7ASEQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=flashed%20glass%20history&f=false. 2018-01-18.

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