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Punty
Also Known As Pontil
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A solid iron or steel rod stuck to the base of a blown glass piece with a small gather of hot glass, so the blowpipe end can be cut away and the artist has a new handle to open the piece, finish its top and true up its rim. Working 'off the punty' is the last stage of most blown forms.
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Introduced When (Circa)Hollow iron rods from a glass workshop at Merida, Spain, have been dated to around the 4th century AD 1 OriginAlso called a punty rod or a mandrel, and very commonly a pontil; the piece is transferred to it after the blowpipe has done the first shaping, so the glassworker can open, finish and true up the end the pipe had been holding. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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