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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
Glass can be made a transparent yellow color by the addition of small amounts of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=uranium yellow uranium oxide] (bright yellow), [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cadmium sulfide cadmium sulfide] (lime yellow), metallic [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=silver silver] (golden), [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=selenium selenium] (yellow-orange), iron-manganese (straw) or iron sulfide (amber) or a mixture of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=antimony antimony] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=lead lead].
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Glass can be made a transparent yellow color by the addition of small amounts of [[uranium%20yellow|uranium oxide]] (bright yellow), [[cadmium%20sulfide|cadmium sulfide]] (lime yellow), metallic [[silver|silver]] (golden), [[selenium|selenium]] (yellow-orange), iron-manganese (straw) or iron sulfide (amber) or a mixture of [[antimony|antimony]] and [[lead|lead]].
  
[[File:Image3_802393.jpg|thumb|'''MFA Acc. #:''' 1993.732]]
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[[File:Image3_802393.jpg|thumb|Glass beads on pouch; MFA #: 1993.732]]
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
  
 
amber glass; canary glass; vidro amarelo (Port.)
 
amber glass; canary glass; vidro amarelo (Port.)
  
== Authority ==
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== Resources and Citations ==
  
* Jack Odgen, Jack Odgen, ''Jewellery of the Ancient World'', Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York City, 1982
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* Jack Odgen, ''Jewellery of the Ancient World'', Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York City, 1982
  
 
* ''The Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996  Comment: "Glass"
 
* ''The Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996  Comment: "Glass"

Latest revision as of 10:29, 18 October 2020

Canary glass
MFA# 1979.667

Description

Glass can be made a transparent yellow color by the addition of small amounts of uranium oxide (bright yellow), Cadmium sulfide (lime yellow), metallic Silver (golden), Selenium (yellow-orange), iron-manganese (straw) or iron sulfide (amber) or a mixture of Antimony and Lead.

Glass beads on pouch; MFA #: 1993.732

Synonyms and Related Terms

amber glass; canary glass; vidro amarelo (Port.)

Resources and Citations

  • Jack Odgen, Jewellery of the Ancient World, Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York City, 1982
  • The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Glass"