Leaded Glass

Leaded glass may refer to:

  • Lead glass, potassium silicate glass which has been impregnated with a small amount of lead oxide in its fabrication
  • Lead came glasswork, glass panels made by combining multiple small pieces of glass, which may be stained, textured or beveled, with cames or copper foil
  • Flint glass, an optical glass that has relatively high refractive index and low Abbe number

Famous quotes containing the word glass:

    Shall we with pains erect a heaven of blue glass over ourselves, though when it is done we shall be sure to gaze still at the true ethereal heaven far above, as if the former were not?
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)