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

G Gadget:
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A metal rod with a spring clip that grips
the foot of a vessel and so avoids the use of a pontil.
Gadgets were first used in the late 18th century. See
also Clamp.
Gadroon: A flutelike decorative motif, usually short in
proportion to its width, that often approaches an oval
form.
Gaffer (corruption of “grandfather”): The master craftsman
in charge of a chair, or team, of hot-glass workers.
Garage: A heating chamber used to hold parts of
objects that are intended to be assembled on the
blowpipe while other parts are being made.
Gather: (noun) A mass of molten glass (sometimes
called a gob) collected on the end of a blowpipe,
pontil, or gathering iron; (verb) to collect molten glass
on the end of a tool.
Gathering iron: A long, thin rod used to gather
molten glass.
Gemel: A pair of bottles blown separately
and then fused, usually with
the two necks pointing in different
directions.
Gilding: The process of decorating
glass by the use of gold
leaf, gold paint, or gold dust.
The gilding can be applied with
size, or amalgamated with mercury.
it is then usually attached to the
glass by heat. Gold leaf can be
picked up on a gather of hot glass.
Gilded bottle. England, about
1790. H. 13.1 cm.