A SMALL WHITE GLASS BOTTLE

1700-1780

Details

A SMALL WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
1700-1780
Of tall, high-shouldered slightly tapering form, the glass of an even opaque-white tone, stopper
2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, The Paula Hallet Collection, 2 December 1985, lot 29.

Lot Essay

A series of plain white glass bottles seems to have been produced at Court during the eighteenth century, where a combination of the purity of the material and supremely elegant forms made them very popular.

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