pontil

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• Pontil, pon′til, n. an iron rod used in glass-making for revolving the glass while soft.

• The bases, which are rounded on the corners, have a slightly domed kick-up with a ring-shaped pontil mark.

• The pontil scar itself is missing, but the thick curving section leaves little doubt as to its original appearance.

• He left the cooling piece on the pontil, lying across the arms of the stool, and took his blow-pipe again.

• Zorzi was seated on the working stool, the pontil in one hand, the 'porcello' in the other.