Welch Road, Southsea, Portsmouth: An Investigation of Some Window Glass
Author(s): David Dungworth
The chemical analysis of sixteen fragments of window glass from four separate houses in Welch Road was undertaken in an attempt to identify the composition of the glass originally installed during the construction (1894–95). Nine fragments (including at least one fragment from each property) share virtually identical compositions and so are interpreted as original glass. The original window glass is a soda-lime-silica glass and the composition is compared with available data for earlier 19th-century and 20th century window glass.
- Report Number:
- 17/2010
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 8
- Keywords:
- Glass Post Medieval Technology