Cristal trempé
Cooking Dish
ca. 1893 (made)
ca. 1893 (made)
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Cooking dish of press-moulded 'cristal trempé' (toughened glass), made at De La Bastie glassworks, Choisy-le-Roi, about 1893
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| Title | Cristal 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 |
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| 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). |
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| Other number | 0703 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | 4579A-1901 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2009 |
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