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2 realgar snuff bottles

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« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2017, 02:09:30 pm »
Hi Jason,

The process thought to have been used was fritting where a base colour was picked up with the blowing tube and that was then rolled over shards of coloured glass. The frits of coloured glass are then rolled into the surface of the base glass and incorporated into the base colour.

It's clear to see in the following pictures of another Realgar bottle of mine. If you look at the neck you can see the red colour is only on the surface, it doesn't extend through the base colour. It's also clear where the base has been formed by shaping it through grinding which has left just the base colour left.

Stevens bottles seem to have been made by a more complex manner.

Regards, Adrian.

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