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Barilla Marine plant from the Mediterranean region which was used as a source of soda.
 
Blowing The process of shaping a mass of molten glass by blowing air through a metal tube into the mass attached at its end. Technique used since the first century BC.

Glass can be blown keeping the gob on the air or putting it in a two piece mold or even in a mold of several pieces with reliefed motifs.
 
 
 

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