are
found objects of coloured glass. It must be remarked that coloured
glass is much more easily obtained than glass without colour, and that
the latter has been produced with ease only in quite modern times. ,
Without
departing from historic times, but only reverting to their most ancient
ages, we find that the Egyptians understood very early the manufacture
of glass, and especially the coloured glasses.
The
design of an Egyptian vase of blue glass, ornamented with white and
yellow, is given in Fig. 92. In quality of material, in form, in
elegance of
