IMPRESSIONS OF GLASSMAKING: MOUTH BLOWN GLASSES FROM RIEDEL - WORLD-FAMOUS PRODUCTS OF A TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT1/2

raw material:
quartz sand, lead oxide, sodium and potassium
furnace containing liquid lead crystal, at a working temperature of 1100°C/2012Ffirst step to produce the bowl; glass bulb (gather) on hollow metal rod
(blow-pipe)
liquid glass pre-moulded
in a shaping block
prior to blowing into the mouldmouth-blowing by using the blow-pipe

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