Pink through white opaline glass Scent Bottle by Thomas Webb
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Pink through white opaline glass Scent Bottle by Thomas Webb
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Pink through white opaline glass Scent Bottle by Thomas Webb:
the body decorated with raised burnished gilding of cherry blossom and butterfly design; with smooth silver mount.
Silver mark for London 1885.
| Height: | 3½" | - | 9.0cm |
| Width: | 2¼" | - | 5.5cm |
Glossary Words
Webb, Thomas & Sons
Thomas Webb & Sons, a leading Stourbridge glasshouse founded in 1837, producing more adventurous decorative glass from c.1880. Their intricately carved 'cameo' or cased-glass pieces were exceptional and most of their production was good quality glassware, which they are still making today. See Richardson of Stourbridge.
chinoiserie
Design inspired by Chinese motifs and shapes.
opaline
Fine semi-opaque, white and coloured glass, developed by the French in the first half of the 19th century, with a translucent quality.
