Bohemian Glass Perfume Bottle with Handpainted Decoration
A Bohemian overlaid glass perfume bottle. 19th century, of exaggerated compressed form, with lobed sections and having a floriform flared rim, the lobed stopper conforming, in sky blue over clear with incised decoration and finely handpainted with foliate scrolls, vine leaves and roses in pastel hues heightened with gilt. Height 5.12 in.
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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