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shop window: pre-War glass (page 2 of 4)
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A superb, heavy, gourd-shaped vase (shown very much smaller than life-sized) which proved extremely difficult to photograph. The body is of blue and pink glass, cased over with mica flakes and flecks of aventurine, all of which reflects the flash so much that the vase appears almost opaque in the lower details. Eventually I managed to take the photo at upper left by using backlighting (a 40w spot lamp!) without using the flash, and then boosting the gamma on the computer to compensate. This is far from perfect, but does give a better idea of the glass, as does the enlarged detail (upper right)
The vase bears more than a passing resemblance to some Unica pieces produced by Leerdam (particularly some of Chris Lebeau's designs in the 1920s). As it is unsigned, we cannot be sure that it is by them, but it is of excellent quality and has good wear to the base, and we are pretty certain it dates from the 1920s or 1930s. Does anyone out there know for sure who it's by?
| Our reference: | 8392 | Date: | circa 1920s |
| Manufacturer: | uncertain | Origin: | uncertain |
| UK Price: | £ 195.00 | US guide price: | $ 312.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 22 cm, weight 1125 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A signed, acid-matted vase (shown very much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) by Muller Frères of Luneville in Northern France. The base bears various pencilled letters and numbers, which may have been applied in the glassworks
| Our reference: | 8363 | Date: | circa 1920 |
| Manufacturer: | Muller Frères |
Origin: | France |
| UK Price: | £ 180.00 | US guide price: | $ 288.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 16.5 cm, weight 715 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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An elegant Loetz 'Olympia' gourd-shaped vase (shown about life-sized at left, above), the pale radium-green glass with a matt iridescent lustre. We think the shape is 7502, which was designed in 1898, so this vase probably dates from the early 1900s
| Our reference: | 8350 | Date: | c 1900s |
| Manufacturer: | Loetz | Origin: | Austria |
| UK Price: | £ 65.00 | US guide price: | $ 104.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 13 cm, weight 145 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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We're not 100% certain that this handsome cut, cranberry-overlaid crystal vase from Val St Lambert (shown very much smaller than life-sized) is pre-War or post-War, as the signature (lower right, above) never seems to change. However, judging from the distinctly Art Deco style and the amount of wear to the base, we think it probably dates from the 1930s
| Our reference: | 8316 | Date: | c 1930s |
| Manufacturer: | Val St Lambert | Origin: | Belgium |
| UK Price: | £ 155.00 | US guide price: | $ 248.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 21 cm, weight 2810 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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An Austro-Bohemian iridescent Art Nouveau vase (shown above from various angles, much smaller than life-sized), the mould-blown body shading from cranberry glass up to green. This attractive colour combination was often used by the Wilhelm Kralik glassworks, and this piece is likely to be by them
| Our reference: | 7647 | Date: | c 1900 |
| Manufacturer: | probably Kralik |
Origin: | Eleonorenhain, Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 110.00 | US guide price: | $ 176.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 16 cm, weight 350 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A very interesting pair of Dutch gin-glasses (shown rather smaller than life-sized at top, left) on barley-twist stems (see detail at top, right). Each of the round funnel bowls is engraved (as far as we can decipher it) 'Gude jenever' ('Good gin'), then 'Prosit' ('Cheers', or 'Good health'), 'J Van Dijk', which might have been the owner or, more likely, a retailer or wholesaler of spirits, then what looks like 'Olzn' - which we don't understand, but perhaps it is the contraction of a place-name?
Each of the feet has one chip (arrowed in the detail below); one (left) is a small shell-chip to the surface of the foot-edge, and the other (right) is minute, and barely noticeable. This damage is more than reflected in the low asking price
| Our reference: | 8375 | Date: | 1900s |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | Holland |
| UK Price: | £ 20.00 (the pair) | US guide price: | $ 36.00 (the pair) |
| Dimensions: | height 14 cm, weight 215 gm (the pair) | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||