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unusual facts about flint glass



Mosylon

According to classical writers such as Pliny, the Mosylonians imported flint glass and glass vessels from Ancient Egypt, unripe grapes from Diospolis, unmilled cloths for the Berberi markets, including tunics and cloths manufactured at Arsinoe, as well as wine and tin.


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Cup plate

Later cup plates were produced in pressed glass forms with myriad designs in flint glass, and later in soda glass, before the decline in popularity of tea parties which occurred after the Civil War era.

Economy of Rashtrakuta empire of Manyakheta

Its major imports were pearls, gold, dates from Arabia, slaves, Italian wines, tin, lead, topaz, storax, sweet clover, flint glass, antimony, gold and silver coins, singing boys and girls (for the entertainment of the royalty) from other lands.