The invention of glassblowing led to an enormous increase in the range of shapes and designs that glassworkers could produce, and the mold-blowing process soon developed as an offshoot of free-blowing.
Next, the glassblower—who may not have been the same person as the mold maker—would
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1957) Date: fall/winter 1989–90 Culture: French Medium: (a) leather, metal, (b)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B.
. (3.3 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Clay Credit Line: Bequest of Richard B.
Credit Line: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942 Object Number: 42.25.35a, b
Peters, 1926 Object Number: 26.292.43a, b Mrs. Samuel T.
Carter, 1944 Object Number: 44.39.30a, b Florence Bates Carter (until 1944; to
Barbara Paley, 1978 Object Number: 1978.273a, b Inscription: (Right) H [Symbol]
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