Located in Coral Gables, FL
Exceptional collection of antique English ink bottles in a beautiful range of pale blue, aqua and blue-green glass. Individually sourced and thoughtfully assembled as a unified group, the collection brings together bottles of different shapes, proportions and sizes, creating a highly distinctive composition of historic writing vessels.
The color is traditionally known as aqua glass, one of the most characteristic colors associated with 19th-century English bottle production. It is sometimes described as pale blue-green, sea-glass green or blue aqua. The color was produced naturally by the minerals present in the sand and other raw materials used in glassmaking, rather than being applied as a surface decoration. Slight differences in tone, transparency and density are part of the beauty of antique aqua glass...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Miami