{"product_id":"rare-antique-19th-century-custom-made-handheld-claude-glass","title":"Rare Antique 19th Century Custom Made Treen Handheld Claude Lorrain Style Glass Filter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- FREE UK SHIPPING WITH ALL ORDERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS PLEASE PROCEED TO CHECKOUT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFOR SHIPPING QUOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Rare Antique 19th Century Custom Made Handheld Treen Claude Lorrain Style Glass Filter. Beautifully Made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the late 18th to mid-19th century, as landscape became celebrated for its aesthetic value, artists and tourists alike used optical aids to transform scenery into something more like a picture. These devices framed, flattened, or tinted the view, turning the shifting, three-dimensional world into a manageable, painterly image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt viewing stations, windows of stained glass in seasonal colours; green for spring, yellow for summer, orange for autumn, blue for winter, invited visitors to experience the landscape through a curated lens. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColoured filters muted tones and altered hues, they erased differences in colour, compressed atmospheric effects, and revealed the underlying composition of a scene. What might take months of observation could be distilled into a single morning’s view. The human gaze, aided by glass, could thus control and romanticise untamed nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis fascination with the picturesque reached its height in the Regency period, when Claude mirrors and glasses were prized by painters, poets, and tourists. Some enthusiasts even fitted large versions into carriage windows so that passing countryside appeared softened and idealised.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA contemporary catalogue praised such glasses as “useful for producing a great variety of colours and showing their combination … for viewing eclipses, clouds, landscapes, \u0026amp;c.” (Benjamin Pike, Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue, New York, 1856).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRare survivors today, they embody the Instagram of their age, being portable tools for filtering reality into something more beautiful and more composed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition is good, commensurate with age and use. Structurally sound and functions well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeasures 29.5cm x 14cm x 1cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeighs 134.67\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/source-vintage.co.uk\/policies\/shipping-policy\" title=\"Shipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan face=\".SF UI\"\u003eSHIPPING\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/source-vintage.co.uk\/policies\/refund-policy\" title=\"Returns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan face=\".SF UI\"\u003eRETURNS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Source Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55915400331647,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/1729\/2580\/files\/53D724D1-3530-4A84-B071-8E39400EA4E0.jpg?v=1755855899","url":"https:\/\/folkandfableantiques.com\/products\/rare-antique-19th-century-custom-made-handheld-claude-glass","provider":"Folk \u0026 Fable Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}