Large European Low Cut Crystal Glass Centerpiece Bowl

Green Opaline Murano Glass Centerpiece Bowl This very sturdy centerpiece bowl is both decorative as well as functional. The wear and tear to the base is un-beatble. This classic vi...

Gilt Bronze and Amethyst Cut Crystal Bowl, France This classically inspired bowl is decorated with bronze detailing including foliate bronze...

Large Italian 20th Century art glass dish, in violet and turquoise colors, with white fazzoletto decorations.

Large Victorian white opaline glass tray centerpiece with gilded decoration. The vide-poche is in amazing condition.

Early 19th European brass bowl. This bowl was most likely used by a barber or for the macabre purpose of bloodletting.

Mid-Century Modern glass bowl, Baker Furniture Company. Circa 1970's, the large and thick rimmed bowl is of striking blue green glass. The interior glass reflects light illuminating ...

Place this oval bowl on a entry table or console. Crafted in France, circa 1970, the crystal compote centerpiece sits on a circular base, and featu...

Stunning and extremely rare Georgian Irish Heavy Gauge hand cut crystal fruit bowl or centerpiece of traditional outline, of outstanding quality and condition. Circa 1800 - 1825. The unusual fan-cut decorative rim above a deep cut diamond pattern all-round body with a single ring stem socle, ending on a circular base with star cut pattern underneath. Made in Ireland in either Waterford or Belfast. This piece is unmarked, early pieces were not usually. *This piece is over quarter of an inch in thickness allover. Condition: Good condition for such an early piece of rare Irish glass. No inside clouding, wonderful evidence of age wear at base underneath, few flea bites to top rim, difficult to see. Measures: Diameter: (at widest) 5.75” (14.75cm). Height: (just over) 5” (13cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland Provenance: Purchased at Harrods Antiques...

This elegantly sculptural slip-cast stoneware vessel by San Francisco-based ceramicist Dana Harel is inspired by natural pools and water wells. The hand-carved, unglazed exterior com...

Large molded crystal centerpiece by Baccarat, France, 1950s. Diameter : 20"(51cm), Height : 3.3"(8.5cm). Baccarat label (see photo). Excellent condition.

Very large shallow elliptical centerpiece bowl or platter, with Murano Sommerso technique, apparently unsigned.

An impressive George II hand cut full led Irish Crystal Pedestal “Kettle Drum” Bowl of circular outline and unusually large proportions. Made by the Old Waterford Glass Company, County Tipperary in Ireland. Late Eighteenth, early Nineteenth Century. The heavy gauge circular wavy cut rim with a band of richly cut diamond and chevron cut pattern. The lower bowl area with scale cut detailing, raised on a single ring socle stem above a square thick spreading pedestal, underneath with “lemon squeeze” foot detail. Condition: Good untouched condition with no losses, except for one tight short crack, see two images which clearly show this imperfection, wonderful age wear underneath base. Typically unmarked as Georgian pieces were not. *Stunning and rare example of a piece of Irish Georgian History. The asking price reflects the imperfection. Wonderful rare “grey” tint to crystal, so typical of Eighteenth-Century Irish pieces. Diameter: (top rim, an impressive) 9” (23cm). Height: 8.25" (21cm). Depth: (square base) 3.5" (9cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping. The history of Irish Hand Cut Crystal goes back to the late 17th century. George Ravenscroft started the tradition in 1676. The glassmaker added lead oxide to the silicates that make up the molten glass. The process achieved a softness that allowed the glass to be blown and carved while remaining hard and clear as it cooled. The first crystal factory in Ireland opened in County Tyrone in 1771. The Creation of Waterford Crystal The Waterford Crystal we know today back in 1783 with George and William Penrose. Their vision was to “create the finest quality crystal for drinking vessels and decorative objects of beauty for the home.” The Penrose brothers sought the expertise of renowned glassmaker John Hill in 1785. Hill that began the process of polishing the glass to give the unique Waterford Crystal shine now known the world over. Hill left Waterford in 1788 after a major disagreement with the Penrose brothers. Waterford cut glass...