Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 151
t and picturesque spirit-bottle; it is easy to hold, and quaint in appearance.* Figs. 137, 13S, and 139 are Venetian glass vessels, wrought entirely at the furnace-mouth, and neither cut nor engraved — they are artistic, and of interesting appearance ; while Fig-. 140 is a work of Roman glass, in… … Fig. 137. Fig. 136. Fig. 139. Fig. 140. consider, which is its capacity for colour. Our one idea in the formation of glass vessels is the imitation of crystal, unless we happen to produce a vessel of the strongest tint. With the exception of hock-glasses, AAliieh are generally either ruby- colour,…
Decoration and ornament
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