Dresser, Christopher · London ; New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin · leaf 144
lent and jjieturesque spirit-bottle; it is easy to hold,and quaint in appearance.* Figs. 137, 13!S, and 139 are Venetian glass vessels,wrought entirely at the furnace-mouth, and neither cut nor engraved—they areartistic, and of interesting appearance ; while Fig. 140 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 exceptitm of hock-glasses, which are general!}^ either ruby-coloiu-,…
Decoration and ornament
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