St. Louis Green Glass Etched Beakers (Pair)
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Etched - Glass decorated with an etched design, which is achieved through marking out the pattern, protecting the area that is not be etched, and then immersing the object in acid to dissolve the surface of the unprotected area. With some glass objects, such as cameo glass, there may be several layers of different coloured glass, and part of the top layer is dissolved leaving the bottom layer as the background. The longer the time of exposure of the object to acid, the deeper the etching.
The word etching is also sometimes used to describe another method of decoration, where wheel grinders were used decorate the surface, but this technique is usually known as engraving.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A pair of Chinese bowls and a 20th century Chinese plate, with Yongzheng mark, the bowls with exterior decoration of pink landscape scenes, marked to base. 9.5 cm high., the plate with interior decoration of birds and flowers, and yellow exterior. 21 cm di
A pair of lime-green ground bowls, 20th century, (2), each painted on the exterior in 'famille-rose' enamels with birds perched on blossoming prunus trees, the reverse with an inscription in black, the interior glazed in white, the base inscribed in blue e
A pair of 19th century Chinese blue and white willow pattern tea bowls, decorated with a coastal scene highlighted with buildings, boat and birds, the serpentine rim with pale brown glazed border.
Moorcroft Anemone lidded trinket box and vase with impressed marks to both bases, width 7.5 cm