Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 146
excellent and picturesque spirit-bottle; it is easyto hold,and quaint in appearance.* Figs. 137, 188, and L39 are Venetian glass vessels,wrought entirely at the furnace-mouth, and neither cut nor engraved—they areartistic, and of interesting appearance; while Fig. 1 in is a work of Roman glass,… … Fig. 137. Fig. 136. Fig. 139. Fig. 140. consider, which is its capacity for colour. Our one idea in the formation of glassvessels is the imitation of crystal, unless we happen to produce a vessel of thestrongest tint. With the exception of hock-glasses, which are generally either ruby-colour, dark…
Decoration and ornament
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