Historical Artifacts

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A collection of glass bottles found in Pompeii, each with double the volume capacity of the previous bottle, Roman Empire, 1st century AD (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

2 part clay/brick or cement mold then blow air thru tube inside?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That sounds like metal molding. I didn't think you can do glass that was. It's blown.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

You can mold fabricate blown glass.

Or are you saying Roman glass couldn't be blown? It could

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You can blow it into a mold to shape the outside too. It’s called blow molding

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks!