Glass
All materials
Old and new techniques
The Roman Empire had fostered unexcelled glassmakers, but many of their techniques were forgotten with its decline. Over the centuries, nearly all of the techniques were revived and some further developed by Muslim glassmakers.
The many methods include the millefiori technique, overlay glass, sandwich glass, marvered and pinched glass, lustre and enamel decoration, various kinds of cutting and engraving techniques, and methods for making simpler types, such as blown and molded pieces.
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Bowl, thick, colorless glass, facet-cut
Flacon, yellowish and blue-green glass
Flacon of blue glass with marvered white-thread decoration
Spherical bottle, green glass with red threads
Beaker, greenish, colorless glass, with engraved decoration
Bottle, yellowish glass with relief-cut decoration
Beaker, colorless glass with wheel-cut decoration
Bowl, blue-black and white glass, millefiori technique
Bottle, greenish glass, with relief-cut decoration
Bottle, colorless glass, with relief-cut decoration in a green overlay (modern neck)
Bottle, colorless glass, with cut and relief-cut decoration
Bowl, greenish glass with wheel-cut decoration
