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Discover the tools and technology of glass manufacture, both functional and decorative, including models showing the different stages of production.

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Mineral water bottle

Glass Technology

1801-1900

Empty glass Dettol bottle

Glass Technology

1968

Port wine bottle, c. 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Islamic alembic

Glass Technology

901-1200

Two pieces of blue flint glass cullet

Glass Technology

1968

Rylands mineral water bottle

Glass Technology

1900

Vitreosil translucent basin, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Recycled blue glass brick made from blue bottle mi

Glass Technology

1999

Empty Windolene glass container

Glass Technology

1968

Shatter pattern of toughened glass

Glass Technology

1968

Crookes - alpha glass tinted with cerium and didymium oxides

Glass Technology

1980

Ship's decanter and stopper

Glass Technology

1901-1968

Amethyst glass vase by James Powell and Sons (Whitefriars) Limited

Glass Technology

1935

Empty, glass John Haig & Co whisky bottle

Glass Technology

1968

Glassmaking furnace, c 1500.

Glass Technology

Fresnel lens

Glass Technology

1968

Mouth-blown glass doorstop

Glass Technology

1968

12 inch cathode ray tube

Glass Technology

1968

Spear head made from bottle glass

Glass Technology

Replica of the cuneiform tablet BM 120960, from Ta

Glass Technology

Ashley glass bottle

Glass Technology

1886-1920

Catalin bottle, 1950-65.

Glass Technology

Glass frog

Glass Technology

1980

Bust of Michael J Owens

Glass Technology

1928

Patent prismatic rolled glass by Pilkington Brothers Ltd

Glass Technology

Roman glass bottles, 2-3 AD.

Glass Technology

101-300 CE

Parison shape for milk bottle, with neck ring fini

Glass Technology

1979

Obsidian arrowhead

Glass Technology

Small glass alembic, 18th century

Glass Technology

1701-1800

Bottle dyed perspex.

Glass Technology

Panel for Hawker Siddley "Andover" aircraft, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Original machine for etching glass with geometrical designs, with base, plus three etched wine glasses, showing the type of design made by the machine

Glass Technology

1865-1875

Mould from Owens automatic bottle making machine

Glass Technology

1907

Glass ampoule

Glass Technology

1968
One of eleven early wine bottles, mallet shaped (shape popular c. 1740)

Early wine bottle, about 1740

Glass Technology

1735-1745

Concave-plane glass fibre optical lens, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Lump of blue frit

Glass Technology

1550 BCE

A coffee percolator, 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Automatic-pressed glass jar with lid

Glass Technology

1968

Green SGO glass coloured by addition of iron

Glass Technology

1980

Engraved glass dome with scenes from the history of glass making, 1988.

Glass Technology

1988

Islamic sublimation apparatus, 10th-12th century.

Glass Technology

901-1200

Sample glass bottle made by the Lynch 10 semi-automatic bottle-making machine

Glass Technology

slab of cast glass, 12" x 8" x 1", 1968

Glass Technology

1968

Dish, c 1970.

Glass Technology

1970

Mallet shaped glass decanter

Glass Technology

1710

Glassblower's blowpipe with single jet and pilot flame fitting

Glass Technology

Model in glazed china of a mid-18th century glass

Glass Technology

1750-1800

Sample glass bottle made by the Lynch 10 semi-automatic bottle-making machine

Glass Technology

Disc of blue frit

Glass Technology

c. 1370 BCE