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Flute with Conical Furnace-Opened Rim

Date 3rd Century
Dimensions H. 14.8 cm, D. 5.6 cm
Accession Number 93.1.1 (CMOG)
Credit The Corning Museum of Glass (Cat. 429).
Video Type short
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The early 1st century process of blowing two bubbles of glass, joining them at their tips, then creating furnace-finished rims on both ends is one that countless glassblowers have used in the ensuing two thousand years. Particularly in Western Europe during medieval times and the Renaissance, building compound objects by this method was widely practiced. The video commences with the completion of the vessel body.

Video 53 The early 1st century process of blowing two bubbles of glass, joining them at their tips, then creating furnace-finished rims on both ends is one that countless glassblowers have used in the ensuing two thousand years. Particularly in western Europe during medieval times and the Renaissance, building compound objects by this method was widely practiced. The video commences with the completion of the vessel body.
Video 53 The early 1st century process of blowing two bubbles of glass, joining them at their tips, then creating furnace-finished rims on both ends is one that countless glassblowers have used in the ensuing two thousand years. Particularly in western Europe during medieval times and the Renaissance, building compound objects by this method was widely practiced. The video commences with the completion of the vessel body.
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