18th C. Hand-blown Emerald Green Glass Unguentarium-esque Phial wolf carving Paper size of drawing only:

Paper size of drawing only: 4 1/4" x 4 3/16"

good color and good texture

and lovely both with candles in them (they take very thin tapers) or just by themselves

and quite old

18th C. Hand-blown Emerald Green Glass Unguentarium-esque Phial wolf carving Paper size of drawing only:I don't buy much glass, and when I do it is almost always from a dealer I love in New Hampshire, who knows his glass and likes early glass, as I do. He dated this piece to the 18th century, which I trust and which a little comparative research certainly seems to bear out, though I'm not sure its place of origin. For me its all about the color, a very rich emerald green, and the ungeuentarium type form (long neck, bulbous bottom, splayed lip; one of