Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1918 — Glass Blowing an Ancient Art [ARTICLE]

Glass Blowing an Ancient Art

The art of glass blowing is also very ancient and had an existence 4,000 years before Christ. The art of blowing is plainly depicted upon the tumuli of Mastaba of Tib at Memphis, and these tombs were built more than 5,000 years ago. In the picture upon them the blower with tube in mouth, just the same as the present day, is seen squatted before his furnace, and from the detail and perfection of knowledge of the art evidenced in the ancient pictures it is readily seen that glass blowing was no new thing with the people of that time and region. The glass blower of that day made vases, beads, ornaments and bottles.