Last edited 18 Feb 2021

Flint glass

Archaeological Evidence for Glassworking, Guidelines for Recovering, Analysing and Interpreting Evidence, published by Historic England in 2018, defines flint glass as: ‘Originally the name given to post-medieval lead glass made with flint pebbles as the source of silica, but then a general term used for all lead crystal glass.’

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