Antique Hyalith Glass Scent Flacons with Silver Tops
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Two small Hyalith glass scent flacons with silver tops, one dark blue glass decorated with a classical urn and ruins with filigree silver shoulders and top. The other in green glass, finely decorated in panels, embossed silver top. circa 1850. Length 8 cm, length 6.8 cm
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- Filigree Work - Decorative Arts - Delicate decorations using fine threads of ceramics, glass or other materials to give a lace-like effect, attached together and applied as an ornament.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.