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A simply outstanding Arts & Crafts decanter (shown much smaller than life-sized in the photos at top), 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. Does anyone out there recognise the workmanship?
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| Our reference: | 8533 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | USA |
| UK Price: | £ 350.00 | US guide price: | $ 560.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 21 cm, weight 725 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A sweet little cranberry vase (shown about life-sized above, from various angles), hand-enamelled with fern-leaves. Probably from the Moser factory
| Our reference: | 8165 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | probably Moser |
Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 55.00 | US guide price: | $ 88.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 6 cm, weight 90 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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An attractive late 19th Century southern Bohemian vase (shown about life-sized in the photos at top, above), the lobed white opaline body hand-enamelled and -gilded all over in Islamic style. The base is numbered 'M 1843.' in black enamel (lower centre)
| Our reference: | 8468 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | southern Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 85.00 | US guide price: | $ 136.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 10.5 cm, weight 250 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A most unusual inkwell/pen-holder (shown from various angles, about life-sized), 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: | £ 60.00 | US guide price: | $ 96.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 7 cm, weight 445 gm | ||
| Condition: | a few very minor chipples, but generally good | ||
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A small Harrach bubble-iridescent vase (shown roughly life-sized at left) with hand-applied black and white enamelled decoration, circa 1880s
The condition is generally good, but the white-enamel dots around one side of the base of the neck are missing (see detail at right). We think this was a manufacturing fault (once fired-on, the enamel dots would be next to impossible to remove), and this imperfection is reflected in the low asking price
| Our reference: | 8756 | Date: | c 1880s |
| Manufacturer: | Harrach | Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 15.00 | US guide price: | $ 24.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 9.5 cm, weight 95 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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A wonderful mid 19th Century Bohemian posy-vase in the form of a basket (shown roughly life-sized in the details at lower left & centre), possibly from the Harrach glassworks. The body is of uranium-glass (see detail at lower right for effect of UV light) over an opaque white interior, the exterior octagonally panel-cut, with gilt and floral-enamelled decoration (see details at lower left and centre)
The vase is generally in excellent condition, but there is wear to the gilding on the rim (see 'bird's-eye' view at lower top left), which could be restored for very little cost if required
| Our reference: | 8750 | Date: | mid 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | possibly Harrach |
Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 140.00 | US guide price: | $ 224.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 17.5 cm, weight 330 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||