Lot Essay
See Giovanni Sarpellon, Miniature Masterpieces--Mosaic Glass, 1838-1924, Munich and New York, 1995, p. 33-90; and Albert Christian Revi, 'Miniature Portraits in Glass Rods', PCA Bulletin, June, 1958.
CIRCA 1848, PROBABLY PIETRO BIGAGLIA
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AN ITALIAN AVENTURINE AND MILLEFIORI GLASS SCENT BOTTLE
Circa 1848, probably Pietro Bigaglia
Set with two portrait canes by Giacomo Franchini, one of Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, the other unidentified of a white haired man in red militia coat, similar to that of Garibaldi, among swirls of gold and ruby aventurine and richly colored stria, topped with a hinged brass cover
2 5/8 in. (6.4 cm.) long (2)
Circa 1848, probably Pietro Bigaglia
Set with two portrait canes by Giacomo Franchini, one of Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, the other unidentified of a white haired man in red militia coat, similar to that of Garibaldi, among swirls of gold and ruby aventurine and richly colored stria, topped with a hinged brass cover
2 5/8 in. (6.4 cm.) long (2)
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