Klart hyacintglas fra Fyens Glasværk med tæt optik Vaser if not all of them

if not all of them

cracked and later heated at the top

Lot of mouth-blown fishing glass from the late 19th century with eye optics on a high foot

The color is yellowish citrine but under UV light they glow like uranium glass

Height 29 cm

Klart hyacintglas fra Fyens Glasværk med tæt optik Vaser if not all of themHeight 20 cm. Hyacinth glass is an old tradition, originally from France. Queen Marie Antoinette filled Versailles with fragrant flower bulbs, hyacinths in specially made glass vases, with space for the bulb at the top so that it did not touch the water and thus went bad. This model was produced at Fyens Glasvrk from 1890 until around 1930 in a myriad of colors. Similar models are made at both Holmegaard and Aalborg Glassworks. The glass has a little