We’ve all been there. Whether it happened during an impromptu game of dodgeball in the living room or daydreamy dishwashing, there’s nothing like the sound of a favorite piece of glass shattering to spoil the fun. After the initial shock … Read more →
In the second part of this series, Stephen Koob, the Museum’s conservator, describes the methods used to fill the losses of a prunted beaker on display in Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants. Now that the beaker has been … Read more →
Watch as our conservator, Stephen Koob, restores a 13th/14th-century prunted beaker for our newest exhibition, Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants. Prunts are blobs of glass applied to a glass object as decoration. These prunts may also have a … Read more →