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A CERAMIC TOOL FOR THE GLASS‐BLOWER
Author(s) -
LAUWERS VEERLE,
DEGRYSE PATRICK,
WAELKENS MARC
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2007.00280.x
Subject(s) - craft , ceramic , archaeology , glass ceramic , visual arts , materials science , history , art , composite material
Summary. The existence of a local glass workshop is known at Sagalassos through archaeological and chemical analysis. In test soundings in the monumental city, an enigmatic ceramic cane was found attached to a chunk of green glass. This remarkable object is thought to be a pontil rod, more specifically a mandril. This study illustrates the use of ceramic tools in the glass craft as a readily available and cheap solution to the technical problems a glass‐worker encountered.