NORMAN SLAB BOTTLE
Brief description: Norman slab bottle
Made from around 1890 until the 1940s, 'slab' glass is created by blowing glass into a box-shaped mould. This produces a cube-shaped 'bottle' where the walls are thicker in the centre and thinner towards the edges. The bottle could then be split, producing five flat sheets of glass (the four sides and the bottom). The varying thickness of the resulting glass 'slabs' creates refractions and colour shifts in the glass, causing it to 'hold' light and produce a glowing effect sought after in various types of stained glass art.
Object type: materials glass fragment
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 1
Dimensions: Height: 220 mm, Width: 110 mm
Acquisition: gift
Acquisition source: Robinson, George
Accession number: ELYGM:2008.8.9
