Hand-Blown Art Glass Scent Bottle with Copper-Tone Rope Twist Stopper, 1920s

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Bold pulled festoons in deep oxblood and dark plum sweep across the vibrant yellow-amber body of this compact art glass … Read more Bold pulled festoons in deep oxblood and dark plum sweep across the vibrant yellow-amber body of this compact art glass scent flask. The vessel is blown in a tapering baluster form with a gently swelled waist, flowing into a waisted cylindrical neck and flat-ground rim. Crafted from substantial cased glass, the surface exhibits rich depth where the molten crimson and olive tones mingle into the opaque golden ground. When viewed from the underside, the smoothly ground and polished base displays concentric circular rings of colour, demonstrating the layered manipulation of the gather during manufacture. Sealing the neck is a decorative copper-toned metal stopper comprising graduated round beads surmounted by a heavy rope-twist loop finial. The metallic patina provides a tactile, contrasting counterpoint to the high-gloss polished glass below. Standing approximately 14 cm tall including the stopper, with a body width of 6 cm, this tactile piece functions as a decorative dressing table scent bottle or cabinet piece. It carries no makers marks or factory signatures, exhibiting the expressive techniques characteristic of twentieth-century European studio glass, suggested to date from the 1920s onwards. Both the blown body and the metal stopper survive in sound structural condition, free from chips, cracks, or visible restoration. See less