1. Bottles Through The Ages Making Glass Glassblowing Tools of The Art Evolution of Bottles Times In History

2. Ingredients Sand, soda and lime Fusion at 2500 degrees F Gathered at 1800 degrees F Process takes several days

3. Colors Reds – copper, gold, selenium Purple – nickel, manganese Greens – copper, chrome Blues – cobalt, copper Brown – carbon, nickel Green, yellow – iron Milk glass – tin, zinc Black glass – iron slag

4. Glassblowing Hand-blown bottles are free or mold blown An art unequaled in ancient times A process that uses human lung power Techniques that are ageless Each piece unique

5. Tools of The Art Blow pipe (pontil) Marver Block Battledore Chair Tool

6. Evolution of Bottles Sand core – 1350 B.C Molds – 1000 A.D Pattern glass – 1500 Lead glass – 1676 Commercial production – 1700 Embossing – 1800

7. Times in History 1609 – first U.S production 1739 – major glass house started (Wistar) 1810 – plate molds 1842 – Stoddard starts 1850 – Snap ends pontil age 1875 – Lightning stopper 1879 – Hutchinson stopper 1891 – Crown cork 1903 – ABM begins