Glass: Did you mean...?

A long glass and alcohol thermometer, 18th century, perhaps Italian. (Science Museum, London)

St. John’s Church is a part of the Te Waimate mission and is a stunning example of Gothic Revival architecture (c. 1740s - early 1900s CE). It was built in 1871 CE as a replacement for the 1839 CE chapel. This photo shows the stunning stained...

A glass of Madeira wine, produced on the Portuguese island of Madeira since the 15th century.

A glass of kumis (airagh), the fermented mare's milk drink that has been popular in Mongolia and elsewhere for centuries.

This fragment of blue faience glass came from a kind of libation vessel known as "oinochoai" which were used in festivals honouring the deified Ptolemaic queens. The figure portrayed is Arsinöe II who wears her hair in the "melon-coiffure"...

Stained glass window from St Alphonsus church in Windsor, Ontario.

A pair of glass lizards, Roman Tarentum, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

Mold-blown glass is made by blowing hot glass into a mold made of clay, wood, or metal. The glass is forced against the inner surfaces of the mold and assumes its shape, together with any decoration that it bears. Watch a demonstration of...

The art of the Carthaginians was an eclectic mix of influences and styles, which included Egyptian motifs, Greek fashion, Phoenician gods, and Etruscan patterns. Precious metals, ivory, glass, terracotta, and stone were transformed into highly...

The Notre Dame Cathedral (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption) of Chartres in northern France was built in its current Romanesque and Gothic form between 1190 and 1220. A grander version of earlier cathedrals on the same site, it attracted...