A bottle with cover

A bottle with cover
neoclassical, painted opaline glass from the Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja
polychrome decoration "Female figure with large headdress holding a letter" inside an oval medallion topped with bow, gilt edge
Spanish
19th C. (1st quarter)
trimmed neck, wear to the gilt
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 28,5 cm
Notes: was part of the exhibition "Um Olhar do Porto -Uma Colecção de Artes Decorativas", held at Quinta das Cruzes. 2005, being reproduced in the respective catalogue. Funchal: Museu Quinta das Cruzes, 2005, p. 248, nº 140. See similar copy in VIÑAS, Paloma Pastor Rey de - "La Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja - Historia. Repertorios decorativos y tipologías formales". Segovia: Arte Segovia, S. L., 1998, pp. 101 and 103, figs. 58 and 65.