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Margaretologist 11(2) Issue 26 1998 (2 of 2)

The Venetian Bead Story

Part 1: History

Page 1 of 4

Frontispiece of the 1889 Latin edition of Neri's L'Arte Vetraria, published in Amsterdam. It shows a typical glass furnace of the time.

From Robert J. Charleston 1978 1. Glass Furnaces Through the Ages, Journal of Glass Studies 20, p. 17.

16^th century glass furnace from De Re Metallica by Georgius Agricola, 1556.

Close-up of the picture above showing a mold for a glass gather. Somewhat deeper ones are used to build chevron beads.

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