[[File:Glass.gif|thumb|left|Early Viking glass drinking vessels were largely conical, and about 120mm or 5 inches high, developing into the bag-beaker style later on.]]
Glass was used in a number of ways by the Saxons and Vikings; for drinking vessels, window glass, jewellery, enamelling and beads.
''Original article by Ben Levick, 1992<br>Revised by Roland Williamson, 1999''
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