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In our modern world, the glass is part of everyday life, but it was not always so.

The elegant and ethereal known called "crystal" is simple and mostly sand or silica and a flow of sodium or potassium. These elements fuse together to a temperature very high, resulting in a product easily recognizable as crystal.

Glass is an old invention, having been produced over the past 5000 years and especially since the development of techniques in the 18th century. The glassmakers were the first in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia 5000 years ago, with examples of early glass survive today.

At that time, was considered a exotic and the study showed that simple techniques used have been held incommunicado by the ancient craftsmen. The first products to be bottled and glass jars raw casting produced by the basic form of mud. The shape of the model was performed inserting short metal bar at one end with the form then dipped in molten glass, forming the "hard core" of the shape of the bottle. Feature son of molten glass, known as the "stick" were wrapped around this basic form until the bottle or jar was full.

Before his fall, Egypt monopoly manufacture of glass across the known world. When the Romans invaded Egypt, quickly adopted the glassware discovered secrets. It was, indeed, Romans continued with the development of glass with the introduction of blowing glass, around the 1st century BC. This shift has led Roman glass manufacturing glass across the Western world.

Meanwhile, the Chinese have discovered the glass in ancient China, was awarded special properties such as the ability to chase away evil spirits. Would also have healing properties associated with precious stones and crystals, however, before the 17 century, the Chinese have found little use for this product.

It is recalled that, until the 19th century, around the world use very little architectural glass in the windows with China translucent paper. Neither was required to drink for storage, because China is highly developed and refined porcelain production.

While China has been producing glass for about 700 BC with a number of small glass workshops operating throughout the country, most of these workshops with their little outings random, were of short duration.

It is also clear that the glass is not rated imperial patronage, until the late 17th century by Emperor Kang Xi (1662-1722) created the first glass state as an imperial workshop in 1696. The workshop is located inside the palace walls of the City Forbidden and was equipped with the best craftsmen who are in China.

The Chinese have beautiful glass, so well known in the West as "Peking glass" has was, in fact, introduced to China in the 17th century German Jesuit missionary priest. The missionary has overseen the creation of the workshop Imperial and brought much of western techniques and glass enamel to the Chinese court. Consequently, Peking glass has been properly described as a poor relation in the large family of Chinese decorative arts.

Curiously, it was the introduction of snuff, tobacco snuff or fine powder, which led to the creation of the imperial workshop. When Europeans Once in China, not only discover new things and interesting, but the Chinese also aware of the Western world, has discovered new ideas for China and snuff goods was one of them!

Due to rapid growth habit of using snuff at the imperial court and quickly growing in popularity in high society, there is the snuff bottle glass. The workshop Imperial began production of small bottles specifically for the purpose of containing of snuff or snuff is the use of the imperial family, or as a gift to the military and civilian ministers of the imperial court and diplomats foreigners.

These early productions were monochrome or color separately and Imperial egg yolk yellow, ruby red and green opal. They were simple, or,''scholar''flavor, ranging from plain to highly decorative pieces of glass of different colors overlap, the glass is cut or faceted.

Glass Overlay developed later. It was a glass element immersion in molten glass Cuba contrasting color. The form is cooled, which requires a period of 3 days after being decorative carved to reveal the layer original color of the glass.

Glass size is a long and tedious process, both time and labor. The final shape and polish the cut is made Hand jade traditional process of grinding and polishing methodical.

Today, glass of Beijing is in many respects purely functional and decorative.

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