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Glassworking Phase
General Photographs
Pot Furnace Photographs
Small Furnace Photographs
Lehr and Glass Photographs
Glassworking Photographs
The dulling of the surfaces of the glass vessels is partly due to ash from the fire, but also from the potash in the waste gases. Given time and a higher temperature the potash can react with the glass surface to produce a permanently dulled surface.
"If you build it, they will come."