{"product_id":"hand-blown-satin-spatter-glass-amphora-vase-mottled-sea-green-with-applied-pink-handles-c-1900-1950","title":"Hand-Blown Satin Spatter Glass Amphora Vase, Mottled Sea Green with Applied Pink Handles, c. 1900–1950","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hand-blown amphora in mottled sea-green glass, built on the classical profile — a full round body drawing into a waisted neck that opens to a widely flared trumpet rim. The color is the achievement here: a dense mottling of turquoise and jade over an opaque white ground, broken into a fine cellular pattern that reads almost like sunlight through shallow water. No two square inches are the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface is satin rather than glossy, an acid-softened finish that mutes reflection and lets the color sit forward instead of bouncing light back at you. Against that quiet ground the maker set three applied elements in translucent rose pink: two handles running from the shoulder to the neck, each finishing in a tightly rolled curl at the top, and a spiral trail of pink glass wound five times around the neck between them. Every one of those was drawn and attached by hand while the piece was still hot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe underside is finished with a ground and polished pontil, the mark left where the vase was held on the rod during blowing — the signature of hand production rather than a mold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMottled glass of this kind belongs to a tradition the trade calls spatter or end-of-day glass, perfected in the Bohemian glasshouses of what is now the Czech Republic through the decades either side of 1900. The technique is exactly what it sounds like: fragments of colored glass are rolled onto a gather of molten white, then blown out so the chips stretch and merge into a variegated skin. Add an acid bath afterward and the surface turns to satin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApplied handles and wound trails in a contrasting color are the other half of that vocabulary, and they descend directly from Roman and Venetian glassmaking, where the amphora form and the trailed neck were already ancient by the Renaissance. Bohemian houses turned out enormous quantities of this work for export, most of it unsigned, and it reached American parlors through department stores and import houses across the first half of the twentieth century. This example carries no mark, which is entirely normal for the category and no reflection on its quality — the evidence is in the pontil, the hand-drawn handles, and the fact that the trail is slightly irregular where a machine would be perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmphora vase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed; in the Bohemian spatter-glass tradition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlown globular body with waisted neck and flared trumpet rim; two applied handles with rolled terminals and a five-turn applied neck trail; ground and polished pontil to the underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-blown cased glass, mottled turquoise and jade over opaque white, with an acid-satin surface and applied rose-pink decoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnmarked, as export art glass of this kind typically was\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1900–1950\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good with age. Both applied handles and the full neck trail are intact and firmly attached, with no chips, cracks, or losses to the rim, handles, or foot — the vulnerable points on blown glass with applied work. Colour is strong and even throughout. The satin surface carries light scuffing and scratching across the base from standing, and scattered pale surface deposits that should lift with careful cleaning. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a colour piece, and it does something very few objects can: the green is saturated enough to anchor a shelf and soft enough not to fight the room. Put it where light can move across it — a windowsill, an open shelf, a mantel, a console against a dark wall — and the mottling shifts through the day. The satin finish means it glows rather than glares, and the pink handles give the eye somewhere to land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt takes flowers beautifully, and the flared rim is generous enough for a full loose bunch rather than a stiff arrangement; a few stems of anything white, cream, or deep pink will look extraordinary against that green. Empty, it holds its own as sculpture. A note on care: hand wash in warm water only, support the body rather than lifting by the handles, and never use the dishwasher — heat and detergent will permanently dull an acid-satin surface. To clean the base deposits, start with warm soapy water and a soft cloth; avoid anything abrasive, which will scratch the satin finish and cannot be undone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48006457917545,"sku":null,"price":398.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3462.jpg?v=1788829385","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/hand-blown-satin-spatter-glass-amphora-vase-mottled-sea-green-with-applied-pink-handles-c-1900-1950","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}