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Image ID: | 279 |
Title: | A “gather†in the glass melting furnace in the Bryn Athyn glass factory |
Source: | Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn Archives, Bryn Athyn, PA |
Date: | Unknown |
Medium: | 35mm slide |
Description: | The process of blowing glass began when a large clump or “gather” of molten glass was scooped from the crucible on the end of a “blowpipe” (a hollow metal rod). |