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Flashing (glassworking)

Scope note

A method of coloring glass by dipping clear glass, while still pliant, into a bath of molten glass of a deep color, or by fusing a thin piece of dark glass to a thicker one of clear glass. OCDA

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300053931

Narrower Terms used

flashed (glasswork process)

Equivalent Terms used

flashed

Created

12yrs ago

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