A fine Le verre Francais cameo glass perfume atomiser with a…
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A fine Le verre Francais cameo glass perfume atomiser with a sterling silver mount, mid 1920s, the sterling silver mount marked made in England, of globular form with a plain silver neck with atomiser attachments, in 'Garance' pattern with trailing pendant flowers in mottled raspberry to purple colours upon a finely textured matte pink and blue flecked ground, etched Le verre Francais to foot. Height 13.5 cm

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  • Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
  • 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.

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