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Library. Listen as curator David Whitehouse describes the
technique of core forming, which was introduced around the
middle of the 16th century BC, and was used to fashion some of
the first glass vessels. Core forming involves the application
of glass to a removable core supported by a rod. There is no
Listen as curator David Whitehouse describes the Morgan cup. The
rarest and most elaborate luxury vessels of the early Roman
Empire are cameo glasses. These objects were inspired by relief-
cut gems of banded semiprecious stones, such as onyx.
Glassmakers cased (covered) objects of one color with Listen as
glass artist William Gudenrath describes the