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A pretty pair of mid 19th Century glossy white opaline vases (shown much smaller than life-sized at top), hand-gilded and -enamelled with rococo decoration around a single tulip blossom. Almost certainly Continental, and probably French

Our reference:	8643	Date:	c 1850
Manufacturer:	unknown	Origin:	probably French
UK Price:	£ 150.00 (the pair)	US guide price:	$ 240.00 (the pair)
Dimensions:	height 20.5 cm, weight 525 gm (the pair)
Condition:	very good

A delicate, elegant Venetian champagne coupe (shown approximately life-sized at top). It dates from around 1870, and is almost certainly from the Salviati glassworks. The glass has applied aventurine rims to both bowl and foot, and applied blue beads around the bowl, which is supported on a hollow, inverted baluster stem

Our reference:	8646	Date:	late 19th C
Manufacturer:	probably Salviati	Origin:	Italy
UK Price:	£ 85.00	US guide price:	$ 136.00
Dimensions:	height 10 cm, weight 85 gm
Condition:	very good

A fine vase (shown much smaller than life-sized at top, from both sides) in pale radium-green glass (see detail at lower centre for the effect of UV light), hand-enamelled and -gilded (detail at lower left), probably from the Harrach glassworks

There appears to be a small chip or indentation in the rim (arrowed in the detail at lower right), but, as it has clearly been gilded over in the original decorating process, it must have occurred earlier in the manufacture (probably while the handle was being attached)

Our reference:	8525	Date:	late 19th C
Manufacturer:	probably Harrach	Origin:	Bohemia
UK Price:	£ 135.00	US guide price:	$ 216.00
Dimensions:	height 14 cm, weight 280 gm
Condition:	see description

A very elegant late 19th Century scent-bottle (shown much smaller than life-sized, from two angles). The body is cut with six vertical lines, the stopper with four, each line bordered by double rows of cut 'printies'. The body is in fine condition, but the bottom of the stopper (as is often the case) is chipped (see detail below)

The damage is not visible when the stopper is in the neck, could be very cheaply repaired, and is allowed for in the low asking price

Our reference:	8641	Date:	late 19th C
Manufacturer:	unknown	Origin:	England
UK Price:	£ 45.00	US guide price:	$ 72.00
Dimensions:	height 20.5 cm, weight 200 gm
Condition:	see description

A fine late 19th Century gilded wheel-engraved scent-bottle (shown roughly life-sized in the top two photos), probably French. The stopper and base are both engraved with the number '20.' (visible in the details at lower centre and right)

There are two adjacent burst air-bubbles on the bottom of the stopper (arrowed in yellow in the lower centre detail). These are a minor fault that occurred during manufacture, and do not constitute damage. The bottle, and especially the gilding, is in exceptionally good condition for its age

Our reference:	8732	Date:	late 19th C
Manufacturer:	unknown	Origin:	probably French
UK Price:	£ 70.00	US guide price:	$ 112.00
Dimensions:	height 12 cm, weight 195 gm
Condition:	see description

A small, rare, late 19th Century acid-matted amethyst-bodied vase with multi-coloured Fenicio decoration (shown roughly life-sized, from various angles). Made by the Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, in imitation of ancient Phoenician glassware

Our reference:	8729	Date:	c 1880s
Manufacturer:	Compagnia di Venezia e Murano	Origin:	Italy
UK Price:	£ 90.00	US guide price:	$ 144.00
Dimensions:	height 6.5 cm, weight 42 gm
Condition:	very good

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