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A handsome Bohemian vase (shown very much smaller than life-sized, from various angles), the flared body with lobed base, with hand-applied gilt and transmalerei (transparent enamel) decoration, circa 1900s. As with the similarly-decorated lidded goblet (later on this page), it is almost certainly from the Haida refinery of Julius Mühlhaus
| Our reference: | 8534 | Date: | c 1900s |
| Manufacturer: | probably Mühlhaus |
Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 175.00 | US guide price: | $ 280.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 16.5 cm, weight 1015 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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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 very pretty satin-iridescent vaseline-glass vase (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles, and under ultraviolet light at lower right), with a Papyrus-plant decoration. Very similar to pieces from the Walsh glassworks (particularly their Registered Design 450823), but not necessarily by them
| Our reference: | 8626 | Date: | 1900s |
| Manufacturer: | possibly Walsh |
Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 140.00 | US guide price: | $ 224.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 10 cm, weight 340 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A small, but wonderfully cheerful Loetz vase (shown roughly life-sized at top left) with random spatters and whirls of vibrant colours over a translucent, pale green opaline interior (which fluoresces strongly under UV light), with an overall soft iridescence. This particular decor is officially 'ausführung 237' (pattern 237), but is also sometimes known (much more poetically) as 'Tornado'
| Our reference: | 8744 | Date: | early 20th C |
| Manufacturer: | Loetz | Origin: | Austria |
| UK Price: | £ 210.00 | US guide price: | $ 336.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 12.5 cm, weight 210 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||