Box glass

As crate glass were designated for trading in boxes packed soda , especially from Czech production.

Also Thuringian and Harz glassworks presented under the marketing name of "Bohemian glass" soda ago. The reason for the precautionary packaging of this type of glass was the addition of baking soda during the melting process. This soda-based surcharge causes the opacity and discoloration of the panes in sunlight to turn green-bluish in finished glass, which means a reduction in quality.

The glass size of a box was 20 containers with six bars each and thus it was a packaging unit with 120 bars. Glass dimensions were 20 by 16 inches . In other regions, 22 by 20 inches was a container and 20 containers with six panels and 120 units were a box. There were plenty of exceptions. Among other things, a box had 20 bundles with 20 bars, i.e. 400 pieces .

literature

• Oscar Mothes: Illustrated Construction Lexicon. Volume 2, Otto Spamer, Leipzig / Berlin 1866, p. 159.
• B. Harres: The School of Architecture: a handbook for architects, construction and trade schools, as well as for self-teaching for builders and building contractors. Volume 4, Verlag Otto Spamer, Leipzig 1868, p. 89.