Water-bats

1750-1850
Stopper: glass; glass collar
Height: 5.6 cm
Mouth/lip: .42/1.21 cm

Provenance:
Anthony Blair
Christie’s, New York, 21 March 2014, lot 2437 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd

 

Transparent aquamarine-blue glass; with a flat lip and recessed, flat, oval foot surrounded by a protruding, flat, oval footrim; carved with a continuous design of five bats amidst formalized clouds.

Alexander Whittaker