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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Darkwing Manor, post: 2013460, member: 738&quot;]Thanks for that clarification. The reason I asked is in relation to the fierce rivalry and competition between J. LaFarge and L.C. Tiffany, over which one had been the first to manufacture and use opalescent glass in art windows. Since it has been around for so long, I&#039;m curious why no one thought of it sooner. Nor, for that matter, why no one before these two American pioneers thought to manipulate sheet glass to add shade, texture and dimensionality, reducing the need for obscuring enamel over-painting. My unproven theory is that both men, having made the European Grand Tour, found inspiration in the pietre dure craft they encountered, where artists utilized the natural gradations in stone to represent dimensionality. But then, I was mistakenly comparing apples and oranges, or rather I should say tableware and window glass. And I agree whole-heartedly, the discoveries of glass-making , in all it&#039;s incredible forms, effects and decoration, certainly came from repeated accidental meldings of this and that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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