Opaline pedestal cut

Very light blue opaline cut, on pedestal. Superb model with milky opaline, soft and delicate. In very good condition, to report: a very small snag at the edge. Preference hand-delivered in view of the fragility of the object. 19 cm height. 21 cm diameter. Opaline is a precious glass, with a milky white appearance and iridescent reflections. It takes its name from opal, a rock very popular in jewelry. Opaline is a material that appeared around the 17th century and tried to imitate chinese porcelain. The manufacturing process of chinese porcelain was still unknown at the time, painted opalines were produced to replace porcelain. This glass is entirely tinted in the mass, and comes in all tones. The technique, used to tint the color in the mass, is complex. This process is therefore complicated and difficult to develop to have a uniform shade, which makes it. A precious, sophisticated and highly collected material.