Glass in the Old World

aggry ancient glass antiquity Arab artists beautiful Belus blue glass bottles British Museum brought Bryan Faussett Byzantine called cameo century B.C. China Chinese Christian church cloisonné coloured glass containing copper crystal curious Cyprus decoration describes discovered doubtless dynasty Egypt Egyptian emerald emperor enamel engraved Eraclius Etruscan factories figures fire formed fragments furnace gems gives glass found glassmaking glazed gold Greek green Herodotus imitation inches India inscription invented kind king known lamp light manufacture marble metal mirrors modern mosaic Murano murrhine necklace Nero Nesbitt objects opaque ornamented Oxide painted palace Pausanias pavement Persian Phoenician pieces of glass placed Plate Pliny Pompeii porcelain Portland vase pottery precious stones preserved probably Roman Rome round ruins sand says seems seen shape Sidon silver specimens Strabo substance supposed temple Thebes tombs transparent treasures Venetian Venice vitrified wall ware white glass wine workmen writing yellow