Eco Green Glass
In the first century AD, glass production was already so widespread that large sections of the population could afford drinking bowls and bottles made of Roman glass. Excavations in Pompeii provide evidence of the use of window glass in the villas of wealthy Romans.
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE FOR ROMAN GLASS REPLICAS
The basic principle of production has remained unchanged since mankind began creating objects from glass around 3500 years ago.
The oldest written instructions for making glass date back to around 650 BC: "Take 60 parts sand, 180 parts ash from sea plants and 5 parts chalk and you get glass."
Crushed quartz rock or river sand, soda-containing plant ash or natron from natural natron lakes in Egypt, limestone chalk. These three materials were mixed together and melted in furnaces at approx. 1000 °C to form raw glass ingots.
In the processing workshops, the raw glass was melted again in a crucible in the furnace and removed with the glass pipe. Hanging from the pipe, the Roman glass could be blown into hollow vessels.
Our glass bottle is also produced using the traditional technique with the glass pipe. Air pockets give the antique glass its typical appearance. The light green coloration is due to the fact that we use the same material as the Romans: quartz sand contaminated with iron oxide. This metal compound gives the Roman glass its characteristic green color after the sand has been melted.
- Country of origin: Spain
- Color: Blue-green
- Height approx. 5 cm, without cork
- Volume 90ml
- Bottle neck opening: 25mm
- one glass
- with real cork
AMAZING RECYCLING
Incidentally, recycled glass is not a modern invention. Glass production was spread throughout the Roman Empire. After the Romans withdrew, the Germanic tribes continued to produce glass - and often used the remaining Roman glass as a raw material.
NOT JUST DECORATIVE
For a special message in a bottle on your next trip to the seaside. As a container for your collection of glass beads made from torn chains that remind you of the past.
Come up with something special for your Roman glass bottle.
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