flashed glass

noun

1. clear glass flashed with a thin layer of colored glass or a coating of metallic oxide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flashed glass¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

It includes 12 portraits of individual benefactors which were drawn and engraved by Alison on both sides of flashed glass.

From BBC

Glass made in this way is called "coated," and sometimes "flashed" glass, and is extremely useful for ornamental purposes, for by the action upon the coloured surface of hydrofluoric acid, the ruby coating can be eaten away, and the white glass beneath left entire.

From Project Gutenberg

Flashed glass is produced by taking either the first or the last gathering in the production of a cylinder out of a crucible containing the coloured “metal,” the other gatherings being taken out of ordinary white sheet-glass.

From Project Gutenberg

For besides the mastery shown in the flesh-colours, the glasses are flashed; that is, in some places the first skin has been removed, and the glass then coloured with another tint; by which is meant, for example, the placing of yellow over red flashed glass, or the application of white and green over blue; which is a difficult and even miraculous thing in this craft.

From Project Gutenberg

These methods are particularly suitable for reproducing landscapes, etc., on thinly flashed glass of various colors.—Diamant.

From Project Gutenberg