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

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PrEFACE<br />

This short dictionary, originally published in 1993, is intended<br />

to help students and collectors of glass to understand some of<br />

the unfamiliar words that they may encounter in books, catalogs,<br />

and museum labels. it contains definitions of words and<br />

phrases that describe glassmakers’ materials, techniques, tools,<br />

and products. Words that appear in boldface type in the definitions<br />

have their own entries elsewhere in the dictionary.<br />

The illustrations have been selected from objects in The <strong>Corning</strong><br />

Museum of <strong>Glass</strong>. They are described on pages 91–94.<br />

Many of the definitions in the original edition were based on<br />

the glossary in the catalog that accompanied the exhibition<br />

“Treasures from The <strong>Corning</strong> Museum of <strong>Glass</strong>,” which was<br />

shown at the yokohama Museum of Art in 1992. The catalog<br />

was produced jointly by the <strong>Corning</strong> and yokohama museums,<br />

and i am grateful to our Japanese colleagues for allowing the<br />

glossary to be revised and enlarged for the original <strong>Pocket</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong>.<br />

i am indebted to William Gudenrath, Dedo von Kerssenbrock-<br />

Krosigk, stephen P. Koob, Tina oldknow, Amy schwartz, and<br />

Jane shadel spillman for numerous improvements to the<br />

revised text, and to richard W. Price and Jacolyn s. saunders<br />

for the skills they brought to the editing and designing of this<br />

publication.<br />

DAviD WHiTEHoUsE<br />

Executive Director<br />

The <strong>Corning</strong> Museum of <strong>Glass</strong><br />

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