Plate washer
A plate washer, often also called a moon disk , was used for the glazing of windows in a similar way to the slug disk . It differs from the slug disc in that it has no break (navel) in the middle and therefore looks a bit lighter.
In production, the process of which was developed in the 13th century, liquid glass is blown into a wooden mold with a glassmaker's pipe and a wide, flat bottle is formed. Then the top of the bottle is cut off so that only the bottom ( plate ) remains for further processing. These floors can have a diameter of up to 28 centimeters. Colored panes can also be achieved by using antique glass .
The plate panes are glazed either as round cut panes or hexagonally cut in a honeycomb structure.
The mouth-blown plate washers have been used in castles, palaces and palaces to glaze windows since the Middle Ages. Windows that are glazed with plate panes bring a subtle movement into the incident light when they are relatively clear.
One of the few glassworks in Europe that produces plate washers for renovation and restoration work is the Lamberts glassworks in Waldsassen .
Web links
- Dish washers on the Lamberts website. Retrieved October 10, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dish disks - moon disks on glas-per-click. Retrieved on October 12, 2012