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

Sidonian glass: A popular generic name for numerous
first-century A.D. roman mold-blown vessels. it is not
known how many of these objects were actually made
at sidon, a city on the coast of lebanon.
Silica: silicon dioxide, a mineral that is the main ingredient
of glass. The most common form of silica used in
glassmaking has always been sand.
Silver stain: A deep yellow stain made by painting the
surface of the glass with silver nitrate or similar compounds
and firing it at a relatively low temperature.
Silvered glass: A type of 19th-century glassware with an
allover silver appearance, made by applying a solution
of silver nitrate between the walls of a double-walled
vessel. The solution was introduced through a hole in
the base, which was then sealed to prevent the silver
from oxidizing. silvered glass is sometimes known, mistakenly,
as “mercury glass.” The technique was patented
in England by Edward varnish and F. H. Thompson in
1849, and in America by William leighton in 1855.
Sintering: The process of heating a mixture of materials
so that they become a coherent mass, but not melting
them. See also Frit.
Service. Austria, Josef Hoffmann, about
1915. H. (tallest) 32.8 cm.
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