Tumbler, Combed Filigree White Glass, France, 18th Century

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Object description :

"Tumbler, Combed Filigree White Glass, France, 18th Century"

Tumbler with white combed Glass

Glass

France, eighteenth century

Conical cup lightly tinted translucent glass, combed white filigree. Under the cup a visible pontil.

Combed glass is obtained by hot glass filigree application, and then brewed in the vitreous mass by means of a comb, which gives the glass a marbled appearance. This technical is both frequent on parts of Central Europe and Italy, in France, the Normand factories have made a specialty of such glasses, through bottles, cruets... The quality of the cup can think of this production

Ref: Bellanger, Jacqueline "le verre d'usage et de prestige, France 1500-1800", the ed. of the amateur; Museum of Antiquities of Seine-Maritime, Rouen

Price: 380 €

Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 14th, Regency
Condition: Excellent condition

Material: Glass
Diameter: base : 28mm ; 38 mm
Height: 5.2 cm

Reference: 152363