Distinctive late 19th–early 20th century Bohemian hand-blown glass jar. The body is decorated with large, irregular pentagonal honeycomb facets. Made in a small Central European workshop using dip-mold techniques, then hand-finished. Original lid with button finial. Hand-tooled large pentagonal “honeycomb” cells, starting ~2/3 up body.
Rough pontil base and finial lid pontil both confirm hand production.
Date: c. 1880–1910
Glass: Iron-rich soda-lime; dark blue-green, glows opaque ochre in the UV light.
Dimensions:
Height ~10 cm;
Lid diameter ~6 cm;
Cells ~3 cm per side, pentagonal
Weight: 254 g
Condition: Excellent; typical small bubbles, irregularities and tool marks; no cracks.
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