Lot Essay
It is exceedingly unusual to find a bottle carved from a quartz of both clear and rose type. Here the carver has cleverly incorporated the two colours to form the various smaller fruit and tendrils
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1750-1830
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A Rare and Unusual Rose and Clear Quartz Bottle
1750-1830
Of melon shape, the unusual bi-coloured tone cleverly cut with a large melon cut from the clear stone forming the body of the vessel and also carved in low relief with tendrils, a butterfly and a small melon, two unusual rose quartz inclusions to the stone cut to form an additional two melons to the sides, stopper
26in. (6.5cm.) high
1750-1830
Of melon shape, the unusual bi-coloured tone cleverly cut with a large melon cut from the clear stone forming the body of the vessel and also carved in low relief with tendrils, a butterfly and a small melon, two unusual rose quartz inclusions to the stone cut to form an additional two melons to the sides, stopper
26in. (6.5cm.) high