Verse 17
17. Crystal Probably glass. The manufacture of glass is of great antiquity, as is evident from the paintings at Beni Hassan, of more than 3,800 years ago, which still represent the process of glass-blowing. The Egyptians had the secret of introducing gold between layers of glass; also of working Mosaic in glass of so delicate a pattern as to have required the use of a magnifying lens. (WILKINSON, P.A., 2:61.) Glass perfectly transparent was esteemed of extremely high value. Nero is said, according to Carey, to have purchased two glass cups with handles for a sum equivalent to 50,000 pounds sterling.
Jewels Vessels.
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