A Lithyalin sealing-wax red scent bottle and stopper
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A South Bohemian Lithyalin scent bottle and stopper, circa 1830
Probably Count Buquoy Glasshouse, Georgenthal or Silberberg, the octagonal tapering form of sealing-wax red cut with layers of faceted bands above a base cut with gadroons, the waisted neck with faceted rim, the tall faceted stopper to match, 13.4cm high (2)
Estimate:
£400 - 500
US$ 600 - 760
€470 - 580

Footnotes

  • For similar flasks see Georg Höltl, Das Böhmische Glas 1700-1950 Vol.II (1995), p.56, figs.II.62 and II.63.

Category: Decorative Arts / General Ceramics and Glass

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