Blue glass dish
1970
Dish, c 1970.
- Made:
- 1970
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseBlue dish, one of two, Co-Cu) glass, c
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Two dishes in blue (Co-Cu) glass, c. 1970
Dish in blue (Co-Cu) glass, c. 1970. Coloured glass has been in existence since the very early days of glassmaking.The Romans and Egyptians showed great skill in their use of metallic oxides to colour glass. It was the Bristol Glassmakers who first added cobalt oxide to lead glass to produce a vibrant blue glass which is famous today as "Bristol Blue Glass".
Details
- Category:
- Glass Technology
- Object Number:
- 1971-18
- Materials:
- glass
- type:
- dishes
- credit:
- Waterstone Glassware Ltd.
