Melty Early Aqua Glass Vial adornment with the little wire-legged birds

with the little wire-legged birds on either side riding along for company

So reads the text on the back of this handheld amusement

and I especially love it's hammer which pulls out nicely to place it in cocked position

) I really like its elegant simplicity

translating to “corner art

Melty Early Aqua Glass Vial adornment with the little wire-legged birdsThe dealer I purchased this old blown glass vial from noted it as 18th century. I'm no glass expert, and don't know whether that is correct or not; it seems possible to me that it has endured a fire since, which resulted in its beautifully misshapen form. Whatever the case, it appeals to me in many of the same ways as ancient Roman glass vials do encrusted, highly sculptural, and delicate aqua blue with lots of bubbles in the glass and thick walls