CIRCA 1825

Details

A PAIR OF CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'GORGE DE PIGEON' OPALINE GLASS VSES
CIRCA 1825
Each of slender baluster form, flanked by ram's head handles, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory labels
11 ½ in. (29.5 cm.) high

Provenance

The Collection of Madame Castille.
Acquired from Jeremy, London by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1995.

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Lot Essay

These lovely and delicate vases are of a rare and particularly striking type of opaline glass known as 'gorge de pigeon', which was also referred to as 'rose hortensia'. Opaline glass is formed from a type of lead crystal which is then colored by the addition of other substances. In the case of 'gorge de pigeon', the color is formed by the addition of particles of gold and pewter, which accounts for its rarity. For an example of a similar pair of ewers, see Christie's, London, 5 July 2001, lot 86 (£47,000).

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