Glass: A Pocket Dictionary Of Terms Commonly Used - Corning ...

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Chimney: A glass tube, open at both ends, used to
shield the flame of an oil lamp, to trap soot, and to
increase the draft.
Cinerary urn: A vessel for cremated human remains. in
the roman period, cremation was a widely used method
of disposing of the dead, whose ashes were sometimes
placed in glass cinerary urns.
Cintra: A type of decorative glass developed by Frederick
Carder (1863–1963) at steuben Glass Works in Corning,
new york, before 1917. Most Cintra glass was made by
picking up chips of colored glass on the parison and then
casing them with a thin layer of (usually) colorless glass.
Cire perdue (French, “lost wax”): See Lost wax casting.
Clamp: A tool sometimes used instead of a pontil to
hold the closed end (usually the bottom) of a partly
formed glass vessel while the open end (usually the
mouth) is being shaped. See also Gadget.
Clapper: A tool consisting of two rectangular pieces of
wood joined at one end by a leather hinge. There is an
aperture in one of the pieces of wood, and this holds
the stem of a goblet or wineglass while it is being made.
The clapper is used to squeeze a blob of glass in order
to form the foot.
Claw beaker: A beaker decorated with claw- or trunklike
protrusions made by applying blobs of hot glass
that melted the parts of the wall to which they were
attached. The blobs were then blown outward and
manipulated to resemble hollow claws. Claw beakers
were made in Europe between the fifth and seventh
centuries A.D. similar decoration was made in Germany
in the 16th century.
Clichy rose: A slice of a cane depicting an open rose.
Canes of this type were frequently used in paper-