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Cristal trempé

Cooking Dish
ca. 1893 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cooking dish of press-moulded 'cristal trempé' (toughened glass), made at De La Bastie glassworks, Choisy-le-Roi, about 1893


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCristal trempé (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Press-moulded toughened glass
Brief description
Cooking dish of press-moulded 'cristal trempé' (toughened glass), made at De La Bastie glassworks, Choisy-le-Roi, about 1893
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Cristal trempé Choisy-le-Roi & Delabastie' with a scroll and star (Maker's mark)
  • 'Museum of Practical Geology 6599' (Paper label)
Gallery label
Evaporating dish and cooking dish , press-moulded toughened glass France (Choisy-le-Roi), about 1893 made at De La Bastie glassworks Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology (4579 &A-1901) Made of 'cristal trempé' (toughened glass) invented by De La Bastie in about 1870 .(18/06/2009)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given to the Museum of Practical Geology in 1893 by H.R.Clay Esq. Listed in Nominal File (transfer papers) as no. 2665. Made of 'cristal trempé' (toughened glass) invented by De La Bastie in about 1870. De La Bastie's method was to heat the glass to fusing point and then to plunge it into hot oil. In July 1875 de la Bastie visited the (Whitefriars?) and 'superintended experiments in his process of 'glass toughening' [in which] various mixtures of oil and tallow were used at various temperatures' (Powell, 1923, p162).
Bibliographic references
  • Barrelet, James. Las Verrerie en France. p.142.
  • Powell, H. J. Glass Making in England. Cambridge University press, 1923. 162 p.
  • de la Bastie. [Paper read to Society of Arts, August, 1875 and possibly Journal of Society of Arts].
Other number
0703 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
4579A-1901

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
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