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Marvels of glass-making in all ages (1869)

Sauzay, A. (Alexandre), 1804-1870 · London, S. Low, son, and Marston · leaf 28

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4 represented in the paintings on the tombs of Beni-Hassan, which are supposed to date about two thousand years before the Christian era. Certain writers even beheve them to have been executed during the reign of Ousertasen I. (3500 B.C.) … sent day. At the end of each of the Fig. I. — THEBAN GLASS- MAKER. tubes, which are turned towards a fire, is some glass which the men are beginning to blow. And in the third illustration are two glass-makers, also with blow-pipes, blowing a vase, the mouth of which touches the ground. Fig. 2., —…

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