Antique clear glass snake and dolphin liquor bottle, 37cm crafts display Wedgwood ensures it remains an attractive

ensures it remains an attractive and usable historic piece rather than a fragile relic

With a height of approximately 18 cm and a diameter of about 15

The gently tapering sides

Late 19th century

It would make an excellent reference piece for students of early Spode patterns

Antique clear glass snake and dolphin liquor bottle, 37cm crafts display Wedgwood ensures it remains an attractiveThis striking clear glass bottle is an eyecatching survivor from the late 19th to early 20th century, moulded in the form of a coiled serpent entwined around a stylised dolphin or grotesque fish. Standing approximately 37 cm high, it was almost certainly produced as a novelty spirits or liqueur bottle, echoing the fascination with marine and mythological themes that ran through Victorian and Edwardian decorative design. The tall, straight neck and