Deep crimson and maroon glass of ovoid form

1750-1830

 

4.8cm

 

Provenance:

Bob C. Stevens

Sotheby’s New York, June 1982, lot 1

Eric Young

Societe Jersiaise

Sotheby’s London, 13 October 1987, lot 22

Robert Hall (1991)

 

Description

Glass; the ovoid body resting on a flat base, suffused with deep crimson and maroon-coloured splashes between two clear layers. 

This bottle represents the classic group made by dripping coloured oxides onto a clear body during the manufacturing process and then sealing the colour beneath a transparent outer layer of glass. The possibilities for variations in the patterns created are endless and no two of this type of bottle are ever alike. The pattern on this bottle is particularly

effective, as it appears to surge in a wind-blown sweep towards the neck.


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