Polished Lithyalin Glass Scent Bottle with Silver Gilt Cap

• Marbling - A descriptive term for a finish applied to plastic, ceramics, glass, plaster or wood to imitate the colours and characteristic markings of various marble types. For moulded items such as the first three above, the marbling is within the item.
  
  Interiors and furniture were marbled from from the early 17th century to the late Victorian period. The craft was practiced by skilled decorators using a combination of brushes and sponges. Some of the finishes achieved were so realistic as to make it difficult to distinguish the marbled surface from the marble surface.
  
  Marbling is also a term applied to a finish for paper as often seen in the front and endpapers of old books. The marbling is achieved by floating the colours on water and then transferring them to paper. However the marbling finish on paper, as with the marbling finish on plastics, with its multitude of colours has little resemblance to naturally occurring marble.
• Lithyalin Glass - Lithyalin glass, also known as "Bohemian glass" or "glass porcelain," is a type of decorative glassware that was first produced in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) in the early 19th century. It is a form of opaque glass that resembles porcelain or agate, and is often characterized by its vivid colors and swirling patterns which are created by manipulating the molten glass as it cools. Glassmakers use a variety of techniques, such as blowing, twisting, and marbling, to create these patterns, which can range from simple swirls to complex designs. .
  
  Lithyalin glass is made by mixing various metal oxides, such as copper or cobalt, with opaque white glass, and then heating the mixture until it melts and fuses together. The resulting glass is then shaped and polished to create a smooth, glossy finish.

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• Egermann, Friedrich (Bohemia) - glass makers 4
• perfume / scent bottles, maker or location - French 161