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Glass doorstop made at Catcliffe
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Glass doorstop made at Catcliffe
Dimensions : Height 8cm.
Site name : Catcliffe
Site type : Industrial production site
Time period : Post-Medieval
Material : Glass
Object type : Household item
Museum number : 1963.137
Doorstops were made of green bottle glass. The glass was probably taken from the bottom of the crucible at the end of the day. Otherwise it would be thrown away.
Some doorstops are decorated. The flower and pot design is produced by a two stage process. Several cup shaped pieces of molten glass are fitted into each other. Then a pointed tool is pushed into it, forming trumpet like shapes. They look like flowers in a pot.
Doorstops are larger and heavier than paperweights. They were made from the later 19th century in Yorkshire.
Bibliography :
Lewis, G. D. , 1965
Newman, H. , 1977
Glossary:
Crucible
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Pair of dishes made at Catcliffe
Examples of glass slag from Bolsterstone
Vase with lid, and pepper pot made at Bolsterstone
Elevation of the glass cone at Catcliffe
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