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shop window: glass before 1900 (page 2 of 4)
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A fine Georgian 'Prussian'-shaped decanter (shown very much smaller than life-sized) with cut bull's-eye stopper (lower centre) and three plain neck-rings (lower left). The body is panel-cut to the neck and shoulders, over a band of diamonds, over flutes, with prism-cutting between (lower right)
| Our reference: | 8423 | Date: | c 1800-1820 |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 165.00 | US guide price: | $ 264.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 28.5 cm, weight 1260 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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An elegant Stourbridge optic-ribbed vaseline-glass vase (shown slightly smaller than life-sized at left, above)). From its' shape, it was possibly intended for growing hyacinths bulbs in, although it is rather taller than is normal for this purpose. The detail at lower right shows the effect of ultraviolet light
| Our reference: | 8276 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 125.00 | US guide price: | $ 200.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 25.5 cm, weight 355 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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The body of this beautifully-gilded vase (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles, and under ultraviolet light) really resembles ivory, even down to the apparent appearance of 'grain' in places, and we feel certain that Webbs were doing their best to imitate the material in glass. The aesthetic Japanese-influenced chrysanthemum design would have been gilded in the workshop of Jules Barbe
A glass dealer friend has a very similar vase, but with two applied 'elephant-head' handles. The design of that vase has been attributed to Christopher Dresser by a specialist in Dresser designs. This fits well with the fact that we have seen this identical 'pan-top' shape in Webbs' bronze-glass, some of which was produced to the doctor's designs
| Our reference: | 8691 | Date: | c 1880 |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 145.00 | US guide price: | $ 232.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 14 cm, weight 375 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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From the same source, an equally beautiful little rose-bowl (shown roughly life-sized in the lower photos, and under ultraviolet light) with the same 'ivory' body. Again, the aesthetic Japanese-influenced decoration would have been gilded in the workshop of Jules Barbe
| Our reference: | 8692 | Date: | c 1880 |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 75.00 | US guide price: | $ 120.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 6 cm, weight 100 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A gorgeous late19th Century handled vase (shown very much smaller than life-sized in the top photos), the ribbed body consisting of two layers of orangey-red glass with silver (or possibly platinum) leaf 'sandwiched' between, effectively making it resemble gold leaf (detail at lower left).The original colour of the silver leaf, however, can be seen in the ground and polished pontil (lower right) where the body must have been attached to the pontil-rod by a small gather of clear glass. This style of glass with included silver-leaf (evidently strongly influenced by Venetian glassware) was popular in about the 1870s
A vase with similar decor appears in Cyril Manley's 'Decorative Victorian Glass' (plate 93), which he describes as 'ribbed Rockingham cased crystal with silver flecks', attributes to the Stevens & Williams glassworks, and suggests is a forerunner of 'Silveria' glassware. We have, however, now been told that it was made by the Union Glass Company in Sommerville Massachusetts, USA, and that examples appear in both editions of 'The Collectors Encyclopedia of American Art Glass' by John Shuman III. Many thanks to Bill Banks for the information
| Our reference: | 8612 | Date: | c 1870s |
| Manufacturer: | Union Glass Co | Origin: | USA |
| UK Price: | £ 120.00 | US guide price: | $ 192.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 13.5 cm, weight 390 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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Amazingly, bought from a completely different source at a different time and place, a barrel-shaped tumbler (shown roughly life-sized, from various angles) in exactly the same sort of glass as the handled vase above, and undoubtedly by the same manufacturer
| Our reference: | 8631 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | Union Glass Co | Origin: | USA |
| UK Price: | £ 35.00 | US guide price: | $ 56.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 8.5 cm, weight 140 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||