GLASS LINEN SMOOTHERS FROM 16-22 COPPERGATE, YORK
Author(s): C Mortimer
Using non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis five out of 41 linen smoothers were found to be made of high-lead glass. They date from the tenth to thirteenth century AD and could have been made in York. The others were thought to be potash-lime-silica glass. All of the artefacts would have appeared black originally, due to their thickness and their strong green colouration.
- Report Number:
- 22/1995
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 3
- Keywords:
- Glass Technology
