Disintegrating

The 'patient' was relocated.

Separation of salvagable glass from the broken, and wrestling it free from its confines in the lead, took the best part of the afternoon.

Where to cut? Where to prise apart? Trying not to break the glass. One piece bit the dust - it simply wasn't possible to save it, especially with its particular shape. Trying to conserve connecting pieces of lead so the type of joint could be studied and emulated. Much of it looked like a motorway junction.

From the more intricate glass shapes it could be discerned that the glass had been cut and shaped before the advent of the more advanced tools of today.

Finally the 'flesh' was separated from its 'skeleton'. Whilst the glass (which had been salvaged)
lay on the bench, the old lead came was respectfully laid to rest on a cardboarded floor.

The light was switched off.