The pontil scar itself is missing, but the thick curving section leaves little doubt as to its original appearance.
The centers of these sheets increased in thickness and bore large scars where the massive pontil rods which had held the sheets during their manipulation were broken off.
The bases, which are rounded on the corners, have a slightly domed kick-up with a ring-shaped pontil mark.
The glass, held by the pontil attached to the foot, is completed by reheating the severed edges of what is now the bowl, cutting them even with the shears and rounding them by a second exposure to the fire.
A rough edge remaining where the pontil was attached is at the present day invariably smoothed by grinding; not so, however, in the case of the older glasses, and this is a point to be noted by the collector.
The now finished vessel is removed from the pontil by wetting the point of attachment, and is taken to the annealing oven.
The now completed wine-glass is finally separated from the pontil by a jerk and taken to the annealing oven.
It was then cracked off from the pontil and carried away, a finished liqueur-glass of the tiniest size, to be annealed.
It was here suffered to cool for some moments, and then, by means of a pontil tipped with molten glass, carried away to be fire-polished.
The finishing over, another stick was thrust inside the lantern, and it was separated from the pontil by the application of a bit of cold iron.
Then he put thepontil in its place and went to tend the fire.
Zorzi was seated on the working stool, the pontil in one hand, the 'porcello' in the other.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pontil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
