| The Roman historian Pliny relates the legend | | | | the Mediterranean.Like pipers who played |
| of Phoenician merchants in 500 BCE | | | | music, skilled artisans endured intense heat |
| discovering molten glass when cooking their | | | | to coax molten glass into beautiful forms |
| meal. Archaeological remains of river valley | | | | much treasured by the world. A true art, each |
| civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the | | | | creation reflected its maker and nation. |
| Indus Valley reveal the existence of man-made | | | | Venice perfected glass blowing and exported |
| glass beads dating to around 3500 BCE. | | | | Venetian glass to all corners of the |
| Mesopotamia, Egypt, Mycenae, and China were | | | | world.The process of glass blowing was |
| well known as glassmaking nations. And, | | | | simplified by the Industrial Revolution, in |
| details of the process of producing glass are | | | | 1820, when Bakewell, Page, and Bakewell |
| to be found on stone tablets from the library | | | | patented the mechanical pressing of glass. At |
| of the Assyrian king Asherbanipal dating to | | | | the end of the 19th century an American named |
| 650 BCE.It was in ancient Mesopotamia that | | | | Michael Owens invented an automatic |
| the art of glass blowing originated, when an | | | | bottle-blowing machine, and by the 1920s |
| innovator working with glass discovered that | | | | there were 200 automatic glass Blowing |
| molten glass could be blown like a balloon | | | | machines in operation in America. Glass |
| when air is blown through a glass tube. This | | | | progressed from being handmade to being |
| was followed by the use of metal pipes at | | | | mass-produced.Today glass is mass-produced |
| least two centuries before the birth of | | | | for everyday uses, while hand-blown glass is |
| Christ. This revolutionized glass production, | | | | treasured by collectors and connoisseurs of |
| and Romans rich and poor began using glass. | | | | glass as an art form.Glass provides detailed |
| The Roman Empire established | | | | information on Glass, Auto Glass, Stained |
| glass-manufacturing centers in all parts of | | | | Glass, Depression Glass and more. Glass is |
| the kingdom and Italy, France, Germany, as | | | | affiliated with Bathroom Mirrors. |
| well as Switzerland and many regions along | | | | |