SC - cloved fruit game origin

[Stefan li Rous]

I went looking in the glasswork-msg file in my Florilegium files to see if
I could find an answer to the Norse glassware questions but didn't find
anything. However, I did find the following message that some you might
find interesting.

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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From: gyelle at aol.com (Gyelle)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Acid etched glass
Date: 14 Jul 1998 13:40:15 GMT

In a message dated 98-07-14 01:07:57 EDT, stefan at texas.net writes:
> Thank you for this hint. I have the same problem as David and probably
>  would never have tried this. Now I might. I can even see how I could
>  use this on glass drinking vessels.
>  
>  Is there something I should look for in selecting the glass to use for
>  this?

I don't know any specifics about choosing glass, most should work.  _A Short
History of Glass_ by Chloe Zerwick published by Harry Abrams, Inc. in
association with The Corning Museum of Glass has some great examples.  One that
I have thought about doing is a beaker c. 1530 that is diamond scribed with the
signatures of members of a German Guild.

Period glass is so much less limited than most people think.  Usually at feasts
you see very plain, clunky glassware, in most of period glass was anything but
plain. 1960's glass (bright clashing streaks and spots, milliflori daisies,
etc) is straight out of 1st C Rome- gawdawful ugly!  The bottles that have
molded patterns that are easily available right now were also a hit in Rome.  

In Northern Europe there were flourishing forest glasshouses.  The clearing of
the forest for fuel greatly impacted the region around them as it cleared land
that could then be used for crops.  These glass makers used different
ingredients than the southern ones and produced a distinctive type of glass
with a glossy, soft green hue.

Gyelle Spence
An Tir
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