Message #22868

[rpfstoneman]

Tom

I cannot see the contour of the inside surface of the bottle, which shows so clearly on Richard's example, and as pointed out by Giovanni. I assume that is entirely due to the angle of the light on the subject.

No, it is not the light.  The walls on the bottle have a uniform thickness with the same curvature of the bottle's exterior wall, which is relatively thin (appears to be 3mm or less) with a high polish.  You can see through the bottle, but there is no appearance of distinct interior walls.  I think this is an illusion caused by the crystal’s optics, it's tinting, the uniform hollowing on contour to match the bottle’s exterior and a high interior polish.  Any interior lines are can only slightly to be made out beyond the rounding points of the bottle sides and bottom.  How the bottle carver blended this into the thick throat of the bottle amazes me.   When unstoppered the interior walls of the throat can be easily seen from a front on view, but disappears at the bottle's shoulders.

Joey, Yes this is a stopper and spoon provide by Jill Guojie.  Bob Lee had her stopper the bottle during the convention in 2007. 

Charll