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

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Swirled ribbing: A pattern of spiraling vertical ribs made
by inflating the parison in a dip mold with vertical ribs,
withdrawing it, and twisting it before continuing to inflate.
The pattern is also described as wrythen.
set: A group of matching objects comprising a
sugar bowl, creamer, spoon holder, and butter dish.
Taglia (italian): A square-ended knife used to shape or
sculpt molten glass on the blowpipe.
Tank: A large receptacle constructed in a furnace for
melting batch. Tanks, which were first used in antiquity,
replaced pots in larger glass factories in the 19th century.
Taperstick: A tall, thin vessel for tapers. Tapers are long
wicks coated with wax for use as a spill. See also Spill
holder.
Tazza (from italian, “cup”): An ornamental dish or cup on
a stemmed foot. Tazzas were generally made for drinking,
for displaying fruit or sweetmeats, and as purely
decorative objects.
Teardrop: A drop-shaped air bubble enclosed in a glass,
usually in the stem.
Tessera (from latin, “small square tablet or block”):
A small piece of glass or other suitable material, used
in the formation of mosaics.
Threading: The process of winding a thin trail of glass
around an object to create the appearance of parallel
lines. in 1876, W. J. Hodgetts of stourbridge, England,
patented a machine that produced very regular and
closely spaced threads.
Tieback: A device for holding a drawn curtain back from
the window. some 19th- and 20th-century tiebacks have
glass pommels or bosses.