Hi all!

I've been wondering about techniques used before the invention of electricity. I understand lead channels were used but they still would have to have been joined at the corners and some type of glazing compound used to stabilize the glass into the came. 

Common sense tells me a piece of metal (possibly iron) would have been heated in a fire then set against the seam to melt bits of scrap lead and join the two pieces of came? How close am I?

Possibly pine pitch was used as a glazing compound?

I'm writing a historical novel and would really appreciate some input on this. If anyone out there actually knows, fantastic! All the articles I pull up tell me nothing. I've worked in stained glass for thirty years, using modern methods, and Delphi has always been my source of supplies. Has anybody ever lwritten anything into how it was actually done in the early days? I'd like to be at least a bit acurate.

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