Decanter, richly engraved, colour overlay
Page 277 Commissioner Blakes Report on Paris 1878 Exposition.
Figure 15 Thomas Webb & Sons.
Figure 15 Thomas Webb & Sons.
Description
Exhibited at Paris 1878 by Thomas Webb & Sons.:
"Heavily cut sets (Figure 15) in spiral bamboo and diamonds, heavy and brilliant sets of blue and pink upon flint, cut in relief, with projecting knobs upon which the colored glass has been left, but subsequently cut in diamonds upon their faces; sometimes borders of colored metal are left and cut over in the same style."
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