Exhibition review: Glass of the Alchemists

[Paul Ferguson]

A retrospective on the exhibition “Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal—Gold Ruby, 1650–1750” held at the The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York in 2008 is presented. The importance of alchemical ideas as a linking theme in developments in baroque glass across Europe is highlighted.

https://www.academia.edu/1500521/Glass_o...Glass_2008