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Historical NoteNote
Throughout Georgian Britain, the predominant type of glass used to glaze domestic windows was Crown glass. This was manufactured by blowing, from a set-quantity of molten glass, a small globe of material and then spinning this, using a puntil or punty stick, into a large, thin, spherical disk, usually just over five feet in diameter. .Once manufactured, the thickness of the disk was greatest at the center where the puntil stick was attached. The quantity of glass at this point and the imperfection caused as the puntil stick was broken off made the central section unsuitable for general use and it was usually either re-smelted or used in low-end applications such as the glazing of stable and works areas.