Chinese Snuff Bottles: Porcelain and Glass, 20th Century
Two Chinese snuff bottles, porcelain and glass. Later 20th century. A petite polychrome decorated bottle vase depicting a woman in a garden and a man and a boy on a horse, with a green hardstone stopper and characters underside; and a modern blue cased glass snuff bottle with internal paintings of a woman playing a traditional instrument and red crested cranes, with taotie masks to the side and having a white stone stopper. Heights 2.17 in., 2.95 in. And 3.15 in.
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- Cased Glass - Cased glass is a type of glassware that is made by sandwiching a layer of one colour of glass between two layers of another colour of glass. This technique is also known as "slip-casting" and "slip-decorated" or "overlay" glass. The process creates a decorative effect by contrasting the colours of the outer layers with the inner layer. The outer layers can be clear, opaque or coloured and the inner layer can be a different colour, or it can be left clear to create a more subtle effect.
The technique was first developed in the 19th century, primarily in Europe, and it was used to produce a wide range of decorative glassware such as vases, bowls, and bottles. Cased glass was particularly popular during the Art Nouveau period, when many glassmakers, including Loetz, Galle, Steuben and Tiffay began to experiment with different colours and designs to create unique and striking pieces of glassware. - Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
- Hardstone - Hardstone is not a scientific name for a particular gemstone, but a word used to describe any one or more semi-precious stones used in jewellery and decorative arts, and can include jade, agate, onyx, rock crystal, amber, jet and carnelian. Softer stones and minerals such as soapstone, and alabaster and hard stones used in building such as marble or granite are generally excluded.
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