Hi all, hoping to get some help looking at 4 portrait salt cellars I have. I'll start with the info I already have:
Two of them clearly go together as a couple, and I'm pretty confident that they are Bohemian, late 18th or maybe early 19th century. They were purchased from England. I'm also fairly sure that they represent some sort of model/template figures rather than individual people. There was another salt cellar with what looks like a different view of the same man posted here a while back:
https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,55531.30.htmlAnd there is one that looks like a different view of the woman in Jyzk and Robertson's Open Salt Compendium (p. 74).
I've done quite a bit of research on the couple, and what I'm really hoping for is more info on the other two, the boy and the grey lady. They were purchased from the U.S. and they could well be marriage salts as well that were separated from their partners. They definitely are not Bohemian glass, and they are different in glass and painting style from each other. The grey lady is also in fantastic condition, especially compared to the other three.
I would love any possible leads on later copies of the Bohemian portrait salts, any sort of style revivals, etc. or on the types of glass they might be.
Thanks in advance!