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    An equally stylish Murano bottle or decanter (shown very much smaller than life-sized above), the pale pink body with overall sommerso gold leaf (detail at lower centre). The shape goes back to the early 1950s, but we think this is probably a fairly recent piece. As always with Murano bottles, the stopper is a very loose fit in the neck

    Our reference:8587 Date:probably
    modern
    Manufacturer:unknown Origin:Italy
    UK Price:£ 40.00 US guide price:$ 64.00
    Dimensions:height 34.5 cm, weight 435 gm
    Condition:very good

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    A beautifully-made 'bobbin' vase (shown very much smaller than life-sized, from two angles) cased in a vibrant Bristol-blue and hexagonally-cut. We have seen vases like this attributed to the Moser glassworks; the quality is certainly good enough, but it is not signed, and we can find no positive proof of it. It is probably Czech, though, and we think post-War

    Our reference:8548 Date:c 1950s
    Manufacturer:unknown Origin:Czech
    UK Price:£ 75.00 US guide price:$ 120.00
    Dimensions:height 23 cm, weight 1085 gm
    Condition:very good

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    A particularly fine Ikora glas vase from W.M.F. (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles). This shape (number 105) appears in their 1949 catalogue

    Our reference: 8147 Date: c 1949
    Manufacturer: W.M.F. Origin: Germany
    UK Price: £ 180.00 US guide price: $ 288.00
    Dimensions:height 24 cm, weight 1415 gm
    Condition: very good

    A set of six glasses (one shown rather smaller than life-sized at top, left) with bubbled stems, designed for Iittala by tapio Wirkkala, circa 1970. They come in the original box (which, admittedly, is pretty tatty!) and each has the original trademark sticker. One glass has a very shallow rim chip (arrowed in the detail at lower right), but could easily be repaired by any competent restorer for very little money

    Our reference: 8488 Date: c 1970
    Manufacturer: Iittala Origin: Finland
    UK Price: £ 65.00 US guide price: $ 104.00
    Dimensions:height 8.5 cm, weight 760 gm (the set)
    Condition: see description

    A heavy, hand-blown white opaline bowl (shown very much smaller than life-sized above, from various angles) with applied black rim, of uncertain age and origin, but which would look great with a pile of brightly-coloured fruit in it!

    Our reference:8584 Date:uncertain
    Manufacturer:unknown Origin:uncertain
    UK Price:£ 60.00 US guide price:$ 96.00
    Dimensions:diameter 28 cm, weight 1735 gm
    Condition:very good

    A very pretty Selkirk Glass vase (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) by Peter Holmes (who served his apprenticeship under Paul Ysart at Caithness), with feathered pink and white decoration. The base is engraved "Selkirk Glass, Scotland 1991" (see detail below)

    Our reference: 8311 Date: 1991
    Manufacturer: Selkirk
    Glass
    Origin: Scotland
    UK Price: £ 30.00 US guide price: $ 48.00
    Dimensions:height 19.5 cm, weight 635 gm
    Condition: very good

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    A smile-inducing Chinese hand-carved cameo bowl (shown roughly life-sized at top left, and from various angles), cased green over clear, with a design of three frogs and a dragonfly on a water-lily pad.

    How do you date this sort of thing? We haven't a clue, which is why we are including it in 'post-War glass' to be on the safe side, but the Chinese have been producing hand-carved cameo glass since at least sometime in the 19th Century, so it could easily be much older. We leave it to you to decide!

    Our reference:8605 Date:uncertain
    Manufacturer:unknown Origin:China
    UK Price:£ 85.00 US guide price:$ 136.00
    Dimensions:height 5.5 cm, weight 170 gm
    Condition:very good

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