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

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Dragon-stem goblet. Venice,
17th century. H. 26.3 cm.
lets were first made in venice in the
17th century. They were imitated in the
netherlands by producers of façon de
Venise glass.
Drawing: The process of pulling semimolten
glass to elongate it. it is used,
for example, in the production of
canes.
Drawn stem: The stem of a drinking
or serving vessel that is drawn out from
the main gather rather than formed
from a separate gather and then
applied.
Dresser set: A set of matching perfume
bottles, powder jars, and similar containers, kept
on a woman’s dresser.
Drilling: The process of using a rotating drill to make
a hole.
Drip pan: A fixed or removable tray beneath the socket
of a candlestick or the font of a lamp, which prevents
spilled fuel or molten wax from escaping.
Dromedary flask: A small container consisting of a
blown glass flask adorned with trails that may form an
openwork “cage” and fused to the back of a camel-like
animal, made by manipulating hot glass. Dromedary
flasks were made in syria between about the sixth and
eighth centuries A.D.
Drop burner: A burner that was dropped into the font
of a whale oil lamp and held above the fuel by a metal
plate larger than the aperture in the font.