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Lot Essay
Sandwiched glass bottles were a popular staple at the Court during the eighteenth century, and provided an infinite number of possible variations to the glass-maker. The continued blowing and working of the bottle after the color had been sandwiched between clear layers has mixed the central layer into the clear glass and brought it to the surface. The color and markings resemble jadeite, and this may have been intentional, as glass bottles imitating jadeite and other semi-precious stones were very popular during the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.
For a group of green sandwiched glass bottles in The Victoria and Albert Museum, acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology as early as 1880, see H. White, Snuff Bottles from China, pl. 67, and for another green sandwiched glass example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, no. 66. See a green glass bottle imitating jadeite formerly from the Meriem Collection, sold in these rooms, 19 September 2007, lot 699, and another in the Bloch Collection, illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 5, Glass, no. 976, where other examples are also cited.
For a group of green sandwiched glass bottles in The Victoria and Albert Museum, acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology as early as 1880, see H. White, Snuff Bottles from China, pl. 67, and for another green sandwiched glass example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, no. 66. See a green glass bottle imitating jadeite formerly from the Meriem Collection, sold in these rooms, 19 September 2007, lot 699, and another in the Bloch Collection, illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 5, Glass, no. 976, where other examples are also cited.