which looks like mink to me
I've documented each drawing followed by a handful of details
with a great contrast between the sharp edges of the cages and the soft curves of the chain links
which is visible in spots
but with all sorts of marvelously primitive incised/scrimshawed drawings unfolding across its surface
18th C. Hand-blown Emerald Green Glass Unguentarium-esque Phial lappland which looks like mink toI 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