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A Moser cylindrical optic-moulded vase in pale amber glass, mounted in a lacquered brass stand. The body is hand-enamelled and gilded on one side with typical Moser fern decoration
| Our reference: | 8830 | Date: | c 1880s |
| Manufacturer: | Moser | Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 65.00 | US guide price: | $ 104.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 10 cm, weight 150 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A superb little early Salviati wine-glass in Girasol glass, with six applied blue 'jewels' to the bowl, on a ribbed 'bobbin' stem. There are some striations, toolmarks and a bubble in the wall of the bowl (arrowed in the photo at right), but in our view, none of these detract from the glass, but add character to it
| Our reference: | 8819 | Date: | c 1867 |
| Manufacturer: | Salviati | Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 60.00 | US guide price: | $ 96.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 11.5 cm, weight 56 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A simply outstanding Arts & Crafts decanter, the body of waisted form with four evenly-spaced vertical double-ribs. Both stopper and collar are of hand-crafted silver The cork-set leaf-shaped stopper (seen face-on and from the side in the details at lower centre and right) is cabochon-set with a roundel of turquoise on each face, and is attached by a security-chain to the collar. The collar has four cabochon-set turquoise roundels, each surrounded by a pair of leaves, and is impressed with the letters 'JMP' in a shield-shape, and 'STERLING' (see detail below left, and the hand-drawn version of the maker's mark at right). The 'STERLING' mark makes it almost certain that this superb decanter was made in the USA, but we haven't been able to identify the actual maker. A colleague has suggested that the glass body might be Steuben's grotesque - does anyone out there recognise the workmanship?
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| Our reference: | 8533 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | USA |
| UK Price: | £ 250.00 | US guide price: | $ 400.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 21 cm, weight 725 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A sweet little cranberry vase, hand-enamelled with fern-leaves. Possibly from the Moser factory
| Our reference: | 8165 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | possibly Moser |
Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 35.00 | US guide price: | $ 56.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 6 cm, weight 90 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A very pretty rose-bowl with multi-coloured Fenicio decoration, made by the Compagnia di Venezia e Murano Vetri e Mosaici (Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co) in about the 1880s
It should, of course, have a brass grille over the top, but we don't have one in stock that fits (the diameter of the rim of the bowl is 77mm, so it needs an 80mm grille - they can often be found at carboot sales, in junkshops or fleamarkets). The glass itself is perfect
| Our reference: | 8802 | Date: | 1880s |
| Manufacturer: | C.V.M. | Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 25.00 | US guide price: | $ 40.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 5.5 cm, weight 115 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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A most unusual inkwell/pen-holder, from about the middle of the 19th Century, and probably English. The interior is marbled blue, white and amethyst glass with included bubbles. it has then been massively cased in clear glass which has been heavily cut, with a leaf-shape at each corner. It is extremely heavy and therefore stable, as it would need to be to support a quill or dip-pen. The base is step-cut all around, and it may originally have fitted into a base of some sort. The pontil is ground and polished
| Our reference: | 7794 | Date: | mid 19th Century |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | probably English |
| UK Price: | £ 35.00 | US guide price: | $ 56.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 7 cm, weight 445 gm | ||
| Condition: | a few very minor chipples, but generally good | ||
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At first glance this pretty little ivory-bodied vase appears to be enamelled and gilded in the usual way. Closer examination reveals that the pink colouration is actually a layer of glass that has been cut back with acid, then accented with hand-applied gilding - a technique we have not encountered before
Some dealers consider that the butterfly (detail at right) is an indicator of Webbs, others think Harrach. Comparing the gilding of the Japanese-style floral decoration with pieces from the Jules Barbe studio, we think it is more likely to be Webbs, but we cannot be 100% certain
| Our reference: | 8947 | Date: | c 1890 |
| Manufacturer: | probably Webbs |
Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 70.00 | US guide price: | $ 112.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 11.5 cm, weight 170 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||