The Development of Coloured Glass in England

JSGT 1922 V06 T249-T255

Coloured glass suggests stained and painted windows, but serves many other purposes. It is used for making and decorating table-ware, for vases, for shades for gas, oil, and electric light; for signalling; for shades and light-filters in photography; for imitating gems; for jewellery; for medical tests; for spectacles, and if opaque glass be included, for covering floors, walls, and ceilings with mosaic.

Harry J. Powell