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Glassblowing

Scope note

The process of shaping glass by blowing air through a blowpipe into a glob of molten glass.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300053932

Narrower Terms used

free-blown
mould-blown

Term used for

glass blowing

Equivalent Terms used

blown

Created

13yrs ago

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