Description

Height: 11.5cm

Width: 6.5cm

A beautiful French Bohemian opaline glass scent bottle, richly decorated with gilt ornament and retaining its original uranium glass stopper.

The bottle is formed in a rounded rectangular shape and decorated with an intricate repeating pattern of gilded foliate and geometric motifs set against a soft opaline ground.

Striking translucent uranium glass panels are incorporated throughout the design, creating a dramatic visual effect and producing the unmistakable bright green fluorescence associated with genuine uranium glass when viewed under ultraviolet light.

The matching stopper completes the piece and displays the same vibrant uranium glow, making it an especially attractive example for collectors of nineteenth-century decorative glass.

French and Bohemian opaline glass enjoyed enormous popularity during the Victorian period, prized for its rich colouring, elegant forms and luxurious gilt decoration.

Examples combining opaline glass, gilding and uranium elements are increasingly sought after by collectors of antique glass and decorative arts.