Message #38259

[Niccolò]

What an instructive answer, George! Thank you very much.
Your observation about flared carved throat on old bottles is very interesting and convincing.
Give a look to this smoky quartz bottle, one of my favourite. Also this one presents the main features described by you, but it  has a much better hollowing...
Regarding the material of the first bottle I posted, I cannot understand if the small signs in the material can be small bubbles or natural inclusions. (I post a bad picture, the only I could take with my poor instruments).
Another question: if it is glass, can be the features described by you applied also to a  glass bottle?
Thank you,
Niccolò