Message #49342

[Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush]

Dear George,
as said I did handle this bottle. When Frank put it on the table, at first glance I thought that it was modern, because of the handles.
But then I pick it up and I can guarantee that it is an antique bottle. Very well hollowed, with a superb patina, impossible to replicate.
As for the botryoidal pattern, it is impressive, believe me. It is almost invisible under normal indoor light, but then when I introduced the LED light into the bottle, the first face that I saw was the one with the circular band, very nice, really very nice.
Then I did turn the bottle to see the other side, and boy, it was totally unexpected. The pattern, which I think you know is usually delicate, with light contrasting tone, on Frank’s bottle has a strong contrast. The border of the cells is dark, it seems that the borders within the cells did absorb some infiltration from soil substances.
Like you, I have never seen those two different patterns, banded and botryoidal, on a single bottle.
To me it is simply exceptional.
Kind regards
Giovanni