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

Basket with sulphides. England, Falcon
Glassworks, about 1820–1830. H. 20 cm.
the world. it is characterized by the proliferation of
glass artists who are not affiliated with factories, but
work with hot glass in their own studios. The emergence
of independent glass artists was made possible
by Harvey littleton and Dominick labino’s development
in 1962 of a small furnace and easy-to-melt glass.
Sturzbecher (German, “turned-upside-down beaker”):
See Cone beaker.
Sulphide: A small ornamental object of white porcelainlike
material, made to be encased in glass. The term
is also applied to objects that are decorated with sulphides.
They were popular in Europe and America
throughout the 19th century. The term “sulphide” is
probably connected with the use of sulfur by 18th- and
19th-century moldmakers.
Sweetmeat: A vessel for serving sweetmeats, sweet
food such as preserved or candied fruit and sugared
cakes or nuts.
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