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Image ID: | 273 |
Title: | Mixing ingredients for glassblowing in the Bryn Athyn glass factory |
Source: | Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn Archives, Bryn Athyn, PA |
Date: | Unknown |
Medium: | 35mm slide |
Description: | The glass melted and blown at the Bryn Athyn glass factory was a formula known as “soda lime glass” because the primary ingredients were sand, soda ash, and lime. Color was introduced by adding different metallic oxides. |