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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
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
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
Dimensions:	height 13 cm, weight 135 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
Dimensions:	height 6 cm, weight 90 gm
Condition:	very good

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A sweet little early 19th Century eggcup with ruffled rim, the white opaline body decorated with hand-enamelled blue lines, and with floral decoration. The pontil has been neatly cracked off

Our reference:	8707	Date:	early 19thC
Manufacturer:	unknown	Origin:	England
Dimensions:	height 7 cm, weight 73 gm
Condition:	very good

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A late 18th Century two-part wine-glass. The gather has been blown into a mould, so that the bell-shaped bowl appears to have been flute-cut, and the baluster stem shows the same ribbing. The pontil beneath the applied foot has been snapped off. The body has a pinkish/brownish tinge, and the glass fluoresces slightly under UV light (see centre photo, above)

The condition of th glass is generally good, but I believe the rim has been ground to remove a chip. The proportions still look OK, so I don't think much has been taken off, but the price reflects this repair

Our reference:	8792	Date:	late 18th C
Manufacturer:	unknown	Origin:	England
Dimensions:	height 11 cm, weight 105 gm
Condition:	see description

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