Medium opaline soliflore

Soliflore, or narrow-necked vase, intended to hold only one flower, medium thick and quite heavy in opaline from the Sèvres crystal factory (France) in the classical style. (1920-1930.) The body is a semi-translucent milky white and the pedestal, or molded foot, is a bluish white with iridescent and transparent aspects. Under its foot, when you look closely because it has somewhat suffered the ravages of time, you can discover a signature "Sèvres, France", etched with acid and designating a particular type of glass called opaline made in France in the 1920s to 1930s from the crystal factory, recognized for its high quality and excellence, of the same name. But what is opaline? Opaline is a type of decorative glass reminiscent of porcelain, known since the 16th century in Venice, initially created from the combination of calcined bones and tin oxide added to glass or crystal, and which was very popular in the 19th century, mainly in France. It is an opacified glass, that is to say made opaque, often milky white, but it can also be colored blue, green, pink, or other pastel shades. Opaline glass, following its spread in the workshops of the greatest master glassmakers throughout Europe and in France from the 18th century, will be made by adding substances such as tin oxide, bone, horn, but also ash, silica, lead or phosphate to the glass to give it its opaque and satin appearance. Height: 31.5cm. (/12, 4in.) Width: 11cm. (/4, 33in.) Depth: 11cm. (/4, 33in.) Weight: 1, 052kg. (/2, 32lb.) A souvenir from another era, this object may show some signs of wear.