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Ancient Roman Glass. ideal one off creative necklaces.
Glass vessels were invented around 50 Bc from core foaming, casting and cutting.
In 63 BC the Romans conquered the Syro-Palestine area and bought glass making to Rome.
The sands used to manufacture ancient glass contained manganese and iron ore impurities which over centuries provided unique colour.
The sands also contained sulphurs and glass blowers added minerals to colour enhance these glass vessels. They added red by mixing copper and lead.
Gandhara is an ancient province invaded by Rome in 326 BC, today this area is known as the
Kyber pass and has good selection of Roman glass but most are broken and rare pieces intact sell for thousands of dollars.
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