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Opaline Glass
The term "opaline" refers to a number of different styles of glassware. By opaline glass we mean a milky glass, which can be white or colored, and is made translucent or opaque by adding particular phosphates or oxides during the mixing. It can also have iris reflexes. In France, the term "opaline" is used to refer to multiple types of glass, and not specifically antique colored crystal or semi-crystal, as is commonly thought, with 'opaline' often a mistakenly-given term referring to the color of a particular type of glass, rather than the age, origin or content of the glass. Description To make the opaline glass, opacifying substances are added, such as: sodium phosphate, sodium chloride, calcium phosphate, calcium chloride, tin oxide and talc oxide. The glass can thus take on different colors and have varying shades of color, depending on the quantity of the added substance: from white to gray, to pink, to lavender green, to golden yellow, to light blue, up to blue and black. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glassware
upTypical drinkware The list of glassware includes drinking vessels (drinkware) and tableware used to set a table for eating a meal, general glass items such as vases, and glasses used in the catering industry. It does not include laboratory glassware. Drinkware Drinkware, beverageware (in other words, cups) is a general term for a vessel intended to contain beverages or liquid foods for drinking or consumption. * Beaker * Beer glassware * Coffee cup * Cup * Jar * Mug * Pythagorean cup * Quaich * Sake cup (''ochoko'') * Stemware * Teacup * Trembleuse * Tumblers The word ''cup'' comes from Middle English ''cuppe'', from Old English, from Late Latin ''cuppa'', drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin ''cupa'', tub, cask. The first known use of the word cup is before the 12th century. Tumblers Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses. * Collins glass, for a tall mixed drink * Dizzy cocktail glass, a glass with a wide, shallow bowl, comparable to a normal cockta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
