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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 [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=uranium%20yellow uranium oxide] (bright yellow), [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cadmium%20sulfide 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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== Authority ==
 
== Authority ==
  
* 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"

Revision as of 06:39, 24 July 2013

MFA Acc. #: 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.

MFA Acc. #: 1993.732

Synonyms and Related Terms

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

Authority

  • 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"

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