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

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they should be restricted to objects of pâte de verre, as
described in the next entry.
Pâte de verre (French, “glass paste”): A material produced
by grinding glass into a fine powder, adding a binder to
create a paste, and adding a fluxing medium to facilitate
melting. The paste is brushed or tamped into a mold,
dried, and fused by firing. After annealing, the object
is removed from the mold and finished.
Patella cup (from latin patella, “small dish; kneecap”):
A first-century A.D. roman drinking cup with a doubleconvex
profile and a foot-ring.
Pattern-molded glass: Glassware that has been blown
into a mold whose interior has a raised pattern so that
the object shows the pattern with a concavity on the
inside, underlying the convexity on the outside. Pattern
molds are not used to impart the final form to
the object.
Peachblow: A type of Art Glass made by several
American factories in the late 19th century. it
resembled the peach bloom glaze on 17th-
to 18th-century Chinese porcelain such as
the celebrated Morgan vase. Most Peachblow
glass had a surface that shaded from
opaque cream to pink or red, sometimes
over opaque white. similar glass was made
in England by Thomas Webb & sons and
stevens & Williams.
Pegging: The process of pricking molten
glass with a tool that leaves small, air-filled
Peachblow vase. U.S., Hobbs,
Brockunier and Company,
about 1886–1891. OH. 25.5 cm.