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An iridescent 'Vesuvian' vase of very elegant Art Nouveau form (shown very much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) with applied 'teardrop' trails, by the Loetz glassworks. Of its type, this is the tallest example that we have come across. The shape is a slight variation on shape 1/65 from the 'intermediate series' of 1901 (shown in the paper cut-out pattern below)
| Our reference: | 8434 | Date: | c 1901 |
| Manufacturer: | Loetz | Origin: | Austria |
| UK Price: | £ 165.00 | US guide price: | $ 264.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 34.5 cm, weight 670 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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Four hock-glasses of excellent quality (shown very much smaller than life-sized), the bowls cased in green glass and then elaborately cut back, on hexagonal-cut stems and star-cut feet. By the shape of the bowls and the style of cutting, we don't think they are English, but the bowl shape is one used by both the St Louis and the Baccarat glassworks, and we think they may be by one or the other. We believe they date from the 1920s, and if they are by Baccarat, this would explain the lack of the acid-etched trademark (not introduced until around 1930)
Now we can have a little secret to share with you! There is actually a fifth glass, but it has a small chip on the edge of the foot, so it is included without charge in the (already very low) offer price
| Our reference: | 8441 | Date: | c 1920s |
| Manufacturer: | possibly St Louis or Baccarat |
Origin: | probably France |
| UK Price: | £ 90.00 (the 4) | US guide price: | $ 144.00 (the 4) |
| Dimensions: | height 18 cm, weight 800 gm (the 4) | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A stunning, and extremely heavy, cut crystal vase (shown very much smaller than life-sized, from various angles), designed by Jean Sala for the St Louis glassworks. In a classic Art Deco design, the body is of four diminishing conical tiers, with eleven deep vertical cuts running right up the sides, on a heavy square-cut foot. Jean Sala was one of St Louis' leading designers, who eventually became director of the glassworks during Wordl War II. According to Carolus Hartmann's Glasmarken Lexicon, 1600-1945, the acid-etched mark (below) was used in about 1931
| Our reference: | 8424 | Date: | c 1931 |
| Manufacturer: | St Louis | Origin: | France |
| UK Price: | £ 485.00 | US guide price: | $ 776.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 32 cm, weight 4355 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A heavy, pale amber-bodied dish (shown very much smaller than life-sized, from various angles) with three 'ribs', of slightly off-round shape, with iridescent metallic gold surface finish (see detail below, left), designed by Andries Dirk Copier for the Leerdam glassworks (see the acid-etched mark above, lower right). We believe it is from the Unica series, rather than a Serica piece, and that it dates from the 1930s
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The dish is in generally fine condition, with just a minimal amount of rubbing at the bottom of the interior (arrowed at left, in the detail above) and along part of each of the three 'ribs' (arrowed at right, in the detail above)
| Our reference: | 8427 | Date: | c 1930s |
| Manufacturer: | Leerdam | Origin: | Holland |
| UK Price: | £ 320.00 | US guide price: | $ 512.00 |
| Dimensions: | width 30.5 cm, weight 1430 gm | ||
| Condition: | see description | ||
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A particularly nice example of a W.M.F. Ikora glas lamp (shown very much smaller than life-sized at top left, and from four sides in the thumbnails above), complete with all electrical fittings. The detail at top right, above, shows the base illuminated both internally and from the exterior, while the detail immediately below it shows the base illuminated from the interior only, in a dark room
The details below show the extendable stem at full length (left) and reduced to its minimum (second left), and the wing-nut (centre) that secures the stem in position. Also shown (second to right) is a lampshade illustrated in a contemporary advertisement for W.M.F. lamps, and which is probably the sort that would have been used for this lamp. The detail at right shows the fitting for the lampshade, which looks similar to what can be seen of the fitting in the advertisement
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N.B. Inside the base is a fitting for a 15 watt 'pygmy' bulb with small bayonet fitting, and the stem has two further fittings for standard bayonet-fitting bulbs at the top. The lamp is not actually fully wired up at the moment (Healthy & Safety regulations make it illegal to sell it, otherwise). There is currently no provision for an earth connection, as is nowadays required by law, so it would be best to have it re-wired by a qualified electrician
| Our reference: | 8428 | Date: | c 1930 |
| Manufacturer: | W.M.F. | Origin: | Germany |
| UK Price: | £ 185.00 | US guide price: | $ 296.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 52 cm (fully extended), weight 2970 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A splendid, very heavy pair of Bohemian pink candlesticks (shown very much smaller than life-sized), each beautifully engraved with a stag in a forest (see details of one of the sticks above)
| Our reference: | 8396 | Date: | c 1920s |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 195.00 | US guide price: | $ 312.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 21 cm, weight 1685 gm (the pair) | ||
| Condition: | a couple of really minor nicks on the edges of the base, but generally good | ||
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A beautifully engraved amber-stained box (shown much smaller than life-sized), the lid intaglio-engraved with a bird on a flowering rose-branch (top right), with budding rose-sprigs all around the sides (lower thumbnails)
The base carries a label for 'Verrerie Artistique, Cristal Palace, Vichy' (detail below), but we can find no record of any glassworks called 'Cristal Palace', so it is most likely to have been a retail outlet specialising in glassware in the town of Vichy in the 1920s or 1930s. The box may have been made in France, but we think it more likely to have been imported from Bohemia
| Our reference: | 8405 | Date: | c 1920s - 30s |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | probably Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 145.00 | US guide price: | $ 232.00 |
| Dimensions: | length 11.5 cm, weight 535 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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You wait ages for a Stuart 'Cairngorm' vase, then two come along in short succession! This one (shown from various angles, much smaller than life-sized) is of a particularly pleasing shape for a piece of Art Nouveau glassware - a sort of 'Jack in the pulpit'
| Our reference: | 8417 | Date: | c 1900s |
| Manufacturer: | Stuart | Origin: | England |
| UK Price: | £ 165.00 | US guide price: | $ 264.00 |
| Dimensions: | diameter 20.5 cm, weight 550 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||
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A very prettily hand-enamelled vase (shown from two angles at top, rather smaller than life-sized) with three applied pincered trails and three gilded 'shell' feet. We think the flowers are dog-roses (?). Curiously, almost the lower third of the vase is solid glass, making it very much heavier and more stable than you would expect from its appearance. Probably Bohemian
| Our reference: | 8418 | Date: | c 1900s |
| Manufacturer: | unknown | Origin: | probably Bohemia |
| UK Price: | £ 120.00 | US guide price: | $ 192.00 |
| Dimensions: | height 13 cm, weight 315 gm | ||
| Condition: | very good | ||