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Crackle glass

Scope note

Use to describe glassware with a surface resembling cracked ice; produced either by plunging the vessel into cold water during its forming or by rolling the hot glass on a table covered with glass fragments and then blowing the form.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000206380

Broader Terms used

<glass by technique>

Created

13yrs ago

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