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shop window: post-War glass (page 1 of 3)
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A striking 1950s Murano vase (shown from various angles) by Barovier & Toso, the heavily ribbed body cased clear over pale lilac with sommerso gold leaf, on an applied domed foot of clear glass with gold leaf. The interior of the vase is a deep, vibrant red
The vase is in excellent condition, but it can be seen from the photos above that one side of the rim has been pulled down slightly more than the other, which some might regard as an imperfection. This is more than allowed for in the low asking price for a piece of this quality
| Our reference: | 8833 | Date: | 1950s |
| Manufacturer: | Barovier & Toso |
Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 95.00 | US guide price: | $ 152.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 25 cm, weight 1555 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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A Venetian white, yellow & aventurine Zanfirico bowl of oval form, on applied clear foot, circa 1950s
| Our reference: | 8880 | Date: | c 1950s |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 30.00 | US guide price: | $ 48.00 |
| Dimensions: | width 13 cm, weight 210 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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We have been lucky enough to get hold of a part-suite of twenty-two exquisitely-cut glasses by Thomas Webb & Sons. There are three types of glass (shown in the photo above): port glasses (left, about 12 cm tall), wine glasses (centre, about 13 cm tall), and sherry glasses (right, the same height as the port glass, but with a slightly narrower bowl).
The bowl of each glass has been cut with a band of six pillars (or reeds), alternating with six double 'Russian stars', contained within a pair of horizontal double-V cuts above and below.The stems are hexagonally-cut, and the feet are all marked with the acid-etched trademark used from c 1950 onward (illustrated below).
N.B. There are now only ten glasses left, which are described below:
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A set of 4 port glasses (one example shown, from various angles)
| Our reference: | 8678 | Date: | c 1950s |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 24.00 (the 4) | US guide price: | $ 38.00 (the 4) |
| Dimensions: | height 12 cm, weight 480 gm (the 4) | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A set of 6 sherry glasses (one example shown, much smaller than life-sized, from various angles)
| Our reference: | 8679 | Date: | c 1950s |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 36.00 (the 6) | US guide price: | $ 58.00 (the 6) |
| Dimensions: | height 12 cm, weight 670 gm (the 6) | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A Whitefriars flared 'Kingfisher blue' vase with 'sea-green' ribbon-trail, designed by Geoffrey Baxter (their pattern number 9708)
There are a few tiny 'nicks' to the upper interior, which could be polished out, and the low asking price reflects these
| Our reference: | 8867 | Date: | c 1969-71 |
| Manufacturer: | Whitefriars | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 70.00 | US guide price: | $ 112.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 21 cm, weight 1380 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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A beautifully-made Murano bullicante pear paperweight, cased clear over a translucent, teal-green interior, with gold-leaf sandwiched between, and with a single appplied clear leaf. The gold-on-red 'MADE IN ITALY' label is not one that can definitely be attributed to Archimede Seguso, but the colour and technique resemble pieces made by him in the late 1930s and 1940s
| Our reference: | 8948 | Date: | 1940s |
| Manufacturer: | possibly A Seguso |
Origin: | Italy |
| UK Price: | £ 45.00 | US guide price: | $ 72.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 12.5 cm, weight 505 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A Coquille basket in the relatively less common 'forest green' colour, designed by Paul Kedelv for Flygsfors, signed and dated 'Coquille, Flygsfors-59'. It is in generally good condition, but has two tiny impact marks (arrowed in the detail at right), which are more than reflected in the low asking price
| Our reference: | 8922 | Date: | 1959 |
| Manufacturer: | Flygsfors | Origin: | Sweden |
| UK Price: | £ 50.00 | US guide price: | $ 80.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 17.5 cm, weight 1335 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||