Spatter glass is made with multicolored irregular blotches. During the shaping of the item, the glassmaker rolls the gather of glass in little pieces of colored glass, and the pieces adhere to the gather. Spangle glass is spatter glass with metallic flakes, also called inclusions, mixed in.
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