HERB - Old Herbals and Corks.

Aurora McFarlane lady_mcfarlane at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 15 20:34:11 PDT 1999


What glass products, if any, were period?  They did have stained
glass/regular glass windows in the churches/castles etc.?

Aurora McFarlane

--- Rauthulfr <mwolfe at nwlink.com> wrote:
> At 06:51 PM 9/15/99 , you wrote:
> > Also found a great little book on bees wax. Spent
> >lots of time reading and making copies.
> Might you share your find on beeswax?  The title
> is....
> 
> >So now I have another question. Two actually. How
> were glass bottles and
> >jars sealed? I suppose what I am really asking is:
> were corks used?
> I know that by the end of period, or slightly post
> period. beer at least
> was sealed in bottles with cork which was tied on
> with stout cord.
> I'll post a reference after I get a chance to dig
> through and recover my
> notes.
> As to whether other bottles were sealed with cork,
> well I suspect someone
> wiser than I on this list probably knows that!
> 
> YIS
> R
> 
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