giving to it gradually the form of a cylinder,-- flattening the end
by spatting it down smartly upon a marver on the ground. When
reversed on a ponty, it was so large and heavy, and it swayed and
staggered so, that Lawrence thought surely it would break off and
fall. But the boy who had it, by skilfully balancing it and turning
the ponty, kept it on, until the glass had hardened sufficiently to
remain in position, while he heated the opposite end at a glory-hole.
This being shaped, the article turned out to be a glass jar of large
size.
In surprising contrast with this was the making
of that most exquisite of all drinking-vessels, the small, delicate
wineglass.
"Watch these two men," said the gaffer.
One was blowing a thick bubble no longer than
a thimble; the other was blowing one somewhat larger.
"They are both at work on one glass. This
larger bubble is to be the bowl. Now look."
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