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before 1900
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A very pretty Moser sweetmeat-dish (shown much smaller than life-sized from various angles, and under UV light at top right) in the form of a pale green translucent opaline leaf, shading to a more opaque pink at the edge, which has been scissored all the way around. The upper surface has hand-gilded veining to the centre, gilding around the serrated edge, and a frieze of gilt and black fruiting vine around the top. The underneath is dimple-moulded, with the polished pontil numbered '29/182' and signed 'Moser' in gilt
| Our reference: | 8745 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | Moser | Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 80.00 | US guide price: | $ 128.00 |
| Dimensions: | width 13.5 cm, weight 150 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A simply stunning little Queen's Burmese rose-bowl (shown about life-sized at top left, under UV light at top right, and from various angles in the lower photos) by Thomas Webb & Sons. The hand-enamelled 'dog-rose' decoration is by the Jules Barbe studio. Unquestionably one of the finest examples of decorated Queen's Burmese ware that we have ever had
| Our reference: | 8735 | Date: | c 1890 |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 135.00 | US guide price: | $ 216.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 6 cm, weight 100 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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Another rose-bowl (shown hugely smaller than life-sized at top left, and from various angles), this one very much larger, the body optic-ribbed, with hand-gilded rococo decoration. Made by the Legras glassworks in the Parisian district of St Denis, toward the end of the 19th Century. The base bears their gilt 'Mont Joye' mark, with the bishop's head and 'L.C.' for 'Legras & Compagnie'
| Our reference: | 8740 | Date: | c 1890s |
| Manufacturer: | Legras | Origin: | France |
| UK Price: | £ 165.00 | US guide price: | $ 264.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 14 cm, weight 1040 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A superb vaseline-glass 'trumpet vase' (shown hugely smaller than life-sized at top, under UV light, and from various angles) in what they called their 'straw opalescent' colour, by Charles Kempton & Sons of the Albert Glassworks, Lambeth, London. The 'supplement to the Pottery Gazette' of June 1st, 1886, shows the range of shapes and sizes available, and explains that they are intended for use for 'Pampas grass, Makarts bouquets, rushes, etc.'. The company failed in 1917, but some of the Kempton family went on to found the modern-day Nazeing Glassworks
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| Our reference: | 8741 | Date: | c 1880s |
| Manufacturer: | Kempton & Sons | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 175.00 | US guide price: | $ 280.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 32 cm, weight 495 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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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 | ||
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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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A small, but stunning example of Vaseline-glass (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles, and under UV light), a tazza on looped stem and acanthus-leaf foot, circa 1880s. The looped stem was used notably by the John Walsh Walsh glassworks in Birmingham, and this may be by them
| Our reference: | 8718 | Date: | c 1880s |
| Manufacturer: | possibly John Walsh Walsh |
Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 135.00 | US guide price: | $ 216.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 9.5 cm, weight 195 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A fine, early 19th Century carafe (shown very much smaller than life-sized, from various angles), with looped 'Nailsea' decoration, on an applied foot. The body of the glass contains two 'seeds' (specks of impurity - arrowed in red in the details), commonly found in 18th and early 19th century glassware, and a good sign of age
| Our reference: | 8728 | Date: | early 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 80.00 | US guide price: | $ 128.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 24.5 cm, weight 850 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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An elegant, glossy "Queen's Burmese" vase (shown much smaller than life-sized) by Thomas Webb & Sons
The vase is in good condition, but there are a couple of greyish 'smear' marks to the top of the foot (just visible in the details at lower centre and right) which must have occurred during manufacture. They are very superficial, and could easily be polished out by a competent restorer if required
| Our reference: | 8725 | Date: | c 1890 |
| Manufacturer: | Webb | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 175.00 | US guide price: | $ 280.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 23 cm, weight 285 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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A fine mid 19th Century Stourbridge red-cased decanter (shown much smaller than life-sized) with elaborate cut decoration, including flute-cut neck, cut 'eyes' to the shoulders, diamond-cutting around the body, and 'leaf' cutting to the base
| Our reference: | 8722 | Date: | mid 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 180.00 | US guide price: | $ 288.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 24 cm, weight 480 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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Gold leaf was little used by English glassmakers in the late 19th Century, so this ruby-glass bowl (shown roughly life-sized at top) is unusal. There was, however, a London-based glassmaker by the wonderful name of Paul Raoul De Faucheux D'Humy, who employed Venetian glassworkers to make Venetian-style glassware, including pieces decorated with gold, silver & platinum-leaf, in the 1870s and 1880s. This could be one of his products
| Our reference: | 8715 | Date: | late 19th C |
| Manufacturer: | possibly D'Humy |
Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 60.00 | US guide price: | $ 96.00 |
| Dimensions: | diameter 11.5 cm, weight 255 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A good example of the Loetz Rusticana decor (shown much smaller than life-sized at left) from the late 1890s. This particular shape was commissioned by the London importer and retailer Max Emanuel
The vase is in generally good condition, but has two small rim imperfections. The first (arrowed in the detail below, left) is a small area of roughness that was caused during manufacture, while the other (arrowed in the detail below, right) is a tiny chip that must have occurred later. Both are reflected in the asking price
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| Our reference: | 8719 | Date: | c 1899 |
| Manufacturer: | Loetz | Origin: | Austria |
| UK Price: | £ 100.00 | US guide price: | $ 160.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 16.5 cm, weight 400 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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Another Loetz piece, this Olympia flower-bowl (shown much smaller than life-sized, from various angles, and under UV light) is also from the late 1890s
The bowl is in generally fair condition, but has some surface scratching in places
| Our reference: | 8720 | Date: | c 1896 |
| Manufacturer: | Loetz | Origin: | Austria |
| UK Price: | £ 100.00 | US guide price: | $ 160.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 11.5 cm, weight 690 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||