[Jewelry making - Article 00004] - Re: [Orchid] Old English

[Ian W. Wright]

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Hi Terry,

>     In addition to the Mica used in stoves, there were the windows used
>     in stage coaches and carriages, this was made from the air bladder
>     of the sturgeon. My grandmother had a coach in her barn when I was
>     a kid, it had isinglass windows, it let in light, but that was
>     about it. The Webster lists both. 

    Again I suspect that you may be mixing things up a bit. It is quite
    feasible that coaches had windows made from mica - the rock type,
    but isinglass made from a sturgeons swim bladder would have dissolved
    during the first rain storm and this would have made a mockery of
    the line in the song 'Surrey with a fringe on top' which says
    '........and isinglass shutters which would come right down, in case
    there's a change in the weather.' 

Best Wishes
Ian

Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK

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