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the glassmaker standing on a ledge/platform and letting gravity stretch the neck out after s/he has blown the main body.

Gravity yes, but "before" rather than "after" would be closer to the mark...rather a difference.....but please be careful of making sweeping generalisations that can then work there way into becoming erroneous "facts". I will try to give a clear description of the process when time permits.

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Actually, were I closer your neck of the woods I would definitely have gone on one of your glassblowing courses already - I find the process fascinating. Here 'oop north' there's nothing terribly hands-on beyond college courses in fused jewellery. *sigh*

Coming to this thread a little late, but would just like to point out that this shape of vase is the shape of a standard, but beautiful and elegant piece of lab equipment.

Known as a volumetric flask, they are used for very accurate measurements of liquid, eack flask being individually calibrated.

There is a large body to hold the amount, but only a very tiny "surface area" to the top of the liquid, and there is a permanent mark made on the neck of the bottle where the bottom of the meniscus should lie.

So Monax (the lab part of Monart) were making them way back in the '30s, although I imagine they've been made for far longer.

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