Glass: Did you mean...?

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...

Gold and glass paste earrings. Acropolis of Herakleia, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)

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

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

This Roman Imperial-era glass bead necklace of unknown provenance was produced between the 1st and 5th Centuries CE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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

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

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...

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...

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...