Overlay Melon

1770-1850
Height: 3.4 cm
Mouth: 0.22 cm
Stopper: glass in the form of a twig; gilt-bronze collar. 2 cm long

Provenance:
Jana Volf

 

Transparent and translucent glass; with the foot made up of elements of the design; carved in the form of a melon surrounded by tendrils with leaves and two butterflies in the overlay colours.

Alexander Whittaker