18th century Italian Venice Murano clear glass and blue trimmed antique bottle
XVIII Venetian antique Murano glass bottle
€ 495
Ca 1780 Venice, Murano, Italy
A rare 20,5 cm height clear glass blown Murano bottle, featuring swirl and twisted form with cobalt blue glass embellishments and rosettes. This bottle had a wide belly that slopes up into a long and elegant neck. An example of the finest 18th century Venetian art glass.
In fairly good condition for it's age and vulnerability: one stable line of 6 cm from the pontil mark into one side panel of the belly of the bottle. Not very noticeable, see the forlast picture. Otherwise in good condition and larger than known examples of 16 cm.
Dim: 20,5 x 12 cm / 183 gr