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in 1226. In 1240 an order was placed for this glass to be used in Westminster Abbey. This glass was of poor quality and fairly opaque. Manufacture slowly decreased and ceased by the early 16th century. The choice of this location may have been due to the availability of sand, the abundance of
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Whilst French glass-makers and others were making broad sheet glass earlier than this notably William Le Verrier, Schurterrers and John Alemayne. Between 1350 and 1356 Alemayne secured orders for glass to be used in St. Stephens Chapel, Westminster and
75:. Then, while the glass is still hot, the ends are cut off and the resulting cylinder is split with shears and flattened on an iron plate. The quality of broad sheet glass is not good, with many imperfections and mostly 115: 138:(the ash of which can be used to make potash for soda glass) and the significant beech forests to provide charcoal as fuel for the kiln. Examples of glass from this area can be found in 102:. These methods of manufacture lasted at least until the end of the 19th century. The early 20th century marks the move away from hand-blown to machine manufactured glass such as 83:. The centerpiece was used for decoration in places where looking through the glass wasn't vital. If the piece was large, it was possible to see bubble tracks and strain lines. 111: 275: 670: 268: 562: 147: 663: 261: 494: 107: 656: 76: 607: 170: 17: 702: 439: 356: 99: 692: 554: 524: 336: 331: 311: 30: 316: 697: 644: 509: 429: 326: 198: 95: 91: 8: 577: 366: 103: 484: 469: 409: 87: 399: 284: 139: 612: 454: 361: 351: 72: 640: 591: 586: 544: 444: 384: 79:. Due to the relatively small sizes blown, broad sheet was typically made into 253: 686: 534: 519: 459: 449: 346: 341: 306: 539: 514: 479: 474: 464: 404: 126: 68: 489: 424: 419: 301: 119: 499: 321: 42: 581: 572: 434: 394: 389: 80: 38: 632: 529: 184: 135: 504: 130: 56: 639:
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Broad sheet

engraving
Harry Fenn
glass
Sussex
blowing
blowpipe
translucent
leadlights
blown plate glass
crown glass
polished plate glass
cylinder blown sheet glass
rolled plate glass
machine drawn cylinder sheet glass
flat drawn sheet glass
single and twin ground polished plate glass
float glass
Chiddingfold
Sussex
bracken
Guildford Museum
St Georges Chapel, Windsor


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