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On viewGlass (Material)
DateMid 1700s
Terms
- Glass (Material)
- Glass
- London
- Newcastle
Dimensions22.84 × 17.77 cm (9 × 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberG1B
DescriptionTolman Catalogue: 441. Bull's-eye glass, from the front door light of Col. James Barrett's House.
G1, G1a-c: four panes of glass. Center of a crown of green glass with a bullion or "bull's eye"; pane cut rectangular. The "bullion" or "bull's-eye" was the scar from the attachment of the pontil iron to the large blown discs used in the manufacture of crown glass, a method imported to England from France in late 17th century. These were considered "waste" and used for windows through which one did not need to see.
G1, G1a-c: four panes of glass. Center of a crown of green glass with a bullion or "bull's eye"; pane cut rectangular. The "bullion" or "bull's-eye" was the scar from the attachment of the pontil iron to the large blown discs used in the manufacture of crown glass, a method imported to England from France in late 17th century. These were considered "waste" and used for windows through which one did not need to see.
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- American Revolutionary War
