Bottle: Quick Facts

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Porcelain bottle decorated with a sang de boeuf, or flambé glaze, 18th century, Qing dynasty; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Figure 9: Newly formed bottles being transported by conveyor to the annealing lehr.

punch'ŏng bottle

plastic soft-drink bottles

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Thomas W. Dyott

American glassmaker