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A splendid iridescent Creta 'Jack-in-the-pulpit' vase from the Loetz glassworks. The shape is one of those commissioned by the London importer, Max Emanuel, in the late 1890s
| Our reference: | 8852 | Date: | c 1898 |
| Manufacturer: | Loetz | Origin: | Austria |
| UK Price: | £ 115.00 | US guide price: | $ 184.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 17 cm, weight 305 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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This sort of vase is often attributed to Southern Bohemia, but there is a growing belief that this may be incorrect. The new theory is that the opaline glass body was made in England, and that the Islamic-style decoration was carried out by immigrant French enamellists who are known to have settled in the Stourbridge area in some numbers in the 1840s, a suggestion supported by the fact that they are frequently found in the West Midlands. Certainly Cyril Manley always thought they were English in origin, and the palette of colours used has a distinctly French flavour
The general condition of the vase is good, but it has one small, shallow chip to the rim (visible in the photos at second right, and outlined in red at right), which has been allowed for in the low asking price
| Our reference: | 8839 | Date: | mid 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | possibly England |
| UK Price: | £ 50.00 | US guide price: | $ 80.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 16.5 cm, weight 170 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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Another vase with similar decoration, this one of lobed shape. The base of this one is numbered 'M 1843.' in black enamel (right) - could this be the year it was actually made?
| Our reference: | 8468 | Date: | mid 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | possibly England |
| UK Price: | £ 50.00 | US guide price: | $ 80.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 10.5 cm, weight 250 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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Here's an interesting object! It's a late 19th C 'armorial' vase, made and hand-enamelled in Bohemia. We initially assumed that the arms (see detail at second right) were of somewhere in Germany (as they usually are), but a quick 'Google' proved that they are the arms of the English city of Chester (right), so the vase must have been commissioned by an English importer.
The motto on the vase reads 'ANTIQUI COLANT ANTIQUAM DIERUM' ('Antiquum' has been mis-spelled as 'Antiquam'), which apparently means 'Let the Ancients worship the Ancient of Days'
| Our reference: | 8814 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 30.00 | US guide price: | $ 48.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 13 cm, weight 135 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||