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2 plain bottles, are they too plain ?

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« on: March 02, 2017, 04:04:01 pm »

Dear Adrian,
I like your bottles. An object that has the essential for its function is always beautiful to me.
I believe that the brownish one has the neck that has been filed down, it is too short. Probably because the rim had some damage. And I don’t think that the clear glass one has been carved from solid block as you suppose, just for the same reason that lead you to suppose that. If carved, the carver should stop before to reach a very thin thickness because of the risk of damage. Anyway, an inside inspection, paying attention to the light reflection so to see the surface texture, should tell you if it is carved or not.
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Giovanni
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