This talk addresses the radical changes in glassmaking that occurred in the first millennium C.E.. Large-scale production and extensive recycling, usually considered to be features of the modern world, underpinned the spread of glass as a household staple and its use in large public buildings. Evidence from archaeological excavation, experimental reproduction and scientific analysis is presented on screen and circulated to the audience.
Ian Freestone began his career in the British Museum. He moved to Cardiff University in 2004, then to the UCL Institute of Archaeology in 2011, where he is currently Emeritus Professor. A recipient of the Archaeological Institute of America’s Pomerance medal, he is President of the Association of the History of Glass. He has published extensively on early ceramics, glass and metallurgy.
This lecture will be available in person at Dagnall Street Baptist Church only. Attendance is free to SAHAAS members; £5 for non-members.
Please click on the button above right to register. You will then receive confirmation of your registration by email return. Registration closes at 3.30pm on Tuesday 21 October.
If you have any questions, please email Gill Girdziusz via lectures@stalbanshistory.org
Photo above: Roman glass from the second century (Wikipedia)
