| Stave |
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A flattened glass tube, used to form
basket motifs and Clichy roses.
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Strawberry cut (or
diamond cut)
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A set of grid cuts made in the base of a
paperweight.
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| Striae (or striations) |
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Streaks of glass of different optical
quality caught in the dome of a paperweight, giving the glass an
undesirable sugary or grainy appearance.
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| Sulphide (or cameo) |
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A three-dimensional ceramic medallion or
portrait plaque used as a decorative enclosure in paperweights or other glass
objects.
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| Swirl weight |
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A paperweight design with opaque colored
rods of two or three colors radiating in pinwheel fashion from a central
millefiori floret, giving it a flat appearance.
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