Glass technique / non-ranked reference
Silver-Stained Glass
A surface-applied stain can make transmitted light range from lemon yellow to deep orange.
Summary
Colourless glass · silver compound · fired yellow. This page connects visible form to an institutional record without reproducing protected object imagery.
Form and material
Silver stain expanded the glass painter’s palette without requiring a separate piece of yellow pot-metal glass for every passage.
What can be observed
Colour intensity and brush boundaries may vary, but exact composition and firing history require technical examination.
Official or institutional sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum — Stained glass: an introduction ↗
- Victoria and Albert Museum — An A–Z of glass ↗
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