Opaline Goblet "soap Bubble" Charles X Ep In Flower Basket

Blown opaline goblet with opalescent reflections, decoration of a shaded black basket from which overflows a bouquet of flowers framed by palm leaves with golden foliage and polychrome flowers. Golden edging, slightly worn gilding on the upper edge. Charles X period around 1830 Very good condition Height: 90 mm - Diameter 80 mm In France, the production of opaline begins under the First Empire, around 1810. From 1820, begins the golden age of opaline. The Charles X style allows a return of the curve and a more varied decoration. Glassmakers are becoming more and more skilled in the technique and can thus resort to a palette of colors offering more and more nuances: the soapy opaline, for example, appears around 1822. The opaline is used to produce pieces of crockery for the table (glasses, tea or coffee ...), for small items such as salt bottles, water glasses, caskets, vases, carafes ...