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shop window: glass before 1900 (page 3 of 4)
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An particularly finely-made bicchiere a depressioni (shown about life-sized at top, left) in pink and green Zanfirico glass, probably by MQ Testolini
| Our reference: | 8286 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | probably M Q Testolini |
Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 85.00 | US guide price: | $ 136.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 9.5 cm, weight 85 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A fine late 19th Century sugar-bowl (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles), the bowl machine-threaded with pale turquoise (see detail at lower right, above), on a baluster stem. In exceptionally good condition, with only two tiny nibbles to the threading, which I was unable to capture in a photo
| Our reference: | 8331 | Date: | c 1880 |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 35.00 | US guide price: | $ 56.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 15 cm, weight 535 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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A very pretty late 19th Century "traveller's glass" (shown about life-sized at top, and from various angles). The body is of clear glass, but with an increasing peach tint toward the bottom of the interior. The body has then been cased with Bristol blue glass, which has been cut back around the lower part of the glass to reveal the peach tint. Much of this sort of cut, cased, tinted glassware was produced by the Val St Lambert factory, and while this may not actually be by them, we think it is probably either Belgian or French in origin
Traveller's glasses, shaped to fit into a pocket, were made in a variety of styles throughout the 19th Century for the wealthy tourist. When you consider the variable hygiene standards that would have been encountered on journeys at that time, it probably made a deal of sense to carry around one's own (clean) drinking glass!
| Our reference: | 8179 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | probably France or Belgium |
| UK Price: | £ 85.00 | US guide price: | $ 136.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 11 cm, weight 220 gm | ||
| Condition: | a few light scuffs and one tiny chip, but generally very good | ||
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A large bottle-shaped toddy-lifter (shown about life-sized), wonderfully copper-wheel engraved with flowers, and foliage, and with an elaborate letter "S" in an oval cartouche of printies
Stop the presses! Since writing the above, a colleague (who specialises in 18th and early 19th Century drink-related items) has suggested that it may actually be a "bitters" bottle. It would have been filled with Angostura bitters through the hole in the base, which would have then been corked. The small exit hole at the top enabled a controlled number of drops to be added to a drink
| Our reference: | 8164 | Date: | early 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 150.00 | US guide price: | $ 240.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 17.5 cm, weight 235 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A late 19th Century Venetian Zanfirico finger-bowl (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) with traditional applied putti (cherub) heads set in leaf-shapes on either side (see details at lower left and upper right)
| Our reference: | 8267 | Date: | c 1880s |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 85.00 | US guide price: | $ 136.00 |
| Dimensions: | diameter 10.5 cm, weight 205 gm | ||
| Condition: | slight scuff to tip of one leaf, otherwise very good | ||
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A superbly delicate vase (shown very much smaller than life-sized) of classical handled urn shape, with overall bubble-iridescence, hand-enamelled with white dots and with Greek key and wave motifs in black enamel. From the Harrach glassworks, circa 1880s, and certainly the finest example of this type of glassware that we have come across
| Our reference: | 8117 | Date: | c 1880s |
| Manufacturer: | Harrach | Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 95.00 | US guide price: | $ 152.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 22.5 cm, weight 675 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A beautifully-worked reticello finger-bowl (shown considerably smaller than life-sized, from various angles) in lattimo glass with aventurine. Probably by Salviati
| Our reference: | 8112 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | probably Salviati |
Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 80.00 | US guide price: | $ 128.00 |
| Dimensions: | diameter 11 cm, weight 130 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A late 19th Century gilded cologne-bottle from the St Louis glassworks in France (shown above considerably smaller than life-sized), the cylindrical body acid-etched with swirls (see detail above, upper right). The facet-cut stopper has a gilded star on the top (above, lower right). Both stopper and base are engraved with the number "16"
| Our reference: | 7866 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | St Louis | Origin: | Münzthal, France |
| UK Price: | £ 40.00 | US guide price: | $ 64.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 17.5 cm, weight 495 gm | ||
| Condition: | considerable wear to the gilding, but generally good | ||