Posts: 208
Threads: 14
Joined: Jun 2008
Reputation:
0
Hello All,
I have seen some pieces of Roman glass but it all seems to be blue. So my Question is: What colors did they have? As well as what would be the most common colors?
Bryan
Tiberius Antonius Festus
Bryan Fitch
The Roman Army is on the march trough Texas! :twisted: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_twisted.gif" alt=":twisted:" title="Twisted Evil" />:twisted:
Posts: 3,234
Threads: 230
Joined: May 2004
Reputation:
1
A wide variety of colours, lot's of different techniques.
I haven't time to go into detail right now.
Some colours they had:
-clear
-white
-green
-Blue
-Brown
-Very dark purple or almost black
-red
-...
Pressed in moulds, blown in moulds, free-blown, mosaic glass,...
Vale,
Jef Pinceel
a.k.a.
Marcvs Mvmmivs Falco
LEG XI CPF vzw
>Q SER FEST
www.LEGIOXI.be
Posts: 45
Threads: 4
Joined: Mar 2009
Reputation:
0
Quote:A wide variety of colours, lot's of different techniques.
I haven't time to go into detail right now.
But others had the time: [url:27bbyxau]http://www.romanglassmakers.co.uk[/url] or for German speaking visitors [url:27bbyxau]http://www.glasrepliken.de[/url]
In fact, most of the Roman glass is close to colorless, with a blue-green or green-yellow tint. This refers to the 'natural' color of the glass which is caused by iron oxides in the sands used.
But the cobalt-blue glass ist so nice. That´s why it´s so highly collectable ... and seems to turn up everywhere ... 8)
Best wishes,
fwg.
---------------
All the best,
Frank.
Posts: 13,279
Threads: 102
Joined: May 2006
Reputation:
3
I bought a couple of nice pieces at St Albans, or verulanum? museum, one was the blue colour the others greenish tinged, and extremely fine glass! Scary for a roughneck like myself...
hock:
hock:
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel