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pontil Glass making.|ˈpɒntɪl|
[a. F. pontil, app. ad. It. pontello, puntello, dim. of punto point, etc.]
1. An iron rod used for handling, and especially for rapidly twirling the soft glass in the process of formation, esp. in the manufacture of crown-glass. Also called punty.
1832G. R. Porter Porcelain & Gl. 171 At this stage another implement, called a punt, or pontil, is brought into use. Ibid. 214 The glass is then..separated from the pontil, and immediately removed to the hottest part of the annealing oven. 1918[see gadget 1 d]. 1961E. M. Elville Collector's Dict. Glass 190/1 In the eighteenth century.., the foot of a three-piece glass was attached to a ‘pontil’, for the finishing operation in the chair. The pontil is a solid rod of iron about the same length but not quite so thick as the blow-iron. 1977Lancashire Life Feb. 35/1 (caption) At Cumbria Crystal,..the base of a stem having been formed, it is transferred to a ‘pontil’ for finishing.
2. attrib. and Comb., as pontil mark; pontil rod, a pontil.
1937Burlington Mag. Nov. 221/1 Several of these have a round base with a mere trace of pontil mark. 1968Canad. Antiques Collector Oct. 27/2 The long window of crown glass in one of the farm buildings where the pontil marks are evident in each pane. 1975A. A. C. Hedges Bottles 23/2 There is little chance of them being mistaken for free-blown bottles with all their ‘blemishes’,..pontil marks and kick-ups.
1955G. Stevens In Canad. Attic 60 The basic tools necessary to a glass blower are a blowpipe, a pontil rod. 1970Awake! 8 Jan. 23/2 During the final forming the glass is attached to a long, solid ‘pontil’ rod that leaves a mark in the base. |