Mid-19th Century Pair of Green Opaline Flasks

Pair of white, translucent opaline perfume bottles with their ball-shaped stoppers. The ormolu mounts are sculpted with a frieze of interlacing on the stopper and water leaves on the...

Pair of white soap bubble opaline flasks with their ball-shaped stoppers. The perfume bottles are each decorated with a frieze of gold Gothic arcades and blue forget-me-nots. Gilded ...

Pair of perfume bottles with their ball-shaped stoppers in “bulle de savon” (soap bubble) Opaline. They are each decorated with a frieze of gol...

Baluster shaped vase in white, enameled opaline, with a multicolored decoration featuring bouquets of flowers on a white background. Gilded arabesques and latticework surround the bo...

Bulb-bottomed vase with long neck decorated with multicolored enamel and gold. It is embellished with arabesques, flowers and latticework patterns in orientalist taste on a marbled Bordeaux background. Remnants of a mark underneath. The fascination with the orient and its exotic decoration dominated the 18th-19th centuries. It was China that started the enthusiasm for the costumes and artistic shapes that came from faraway lands. However, as a result of conquests and colonial Expansion, this fascination saw the displacement of its origins. During the 18th century, Chinese and Turkish styles invaded the salons and gardens of royalty as well as affluent esthetes who prided themselves on their taste for The Orient. From then on, baths were Turkish, furniture was lacquered, Persian tapestries...

Pair of yellow, Bohemian crystal vases depicting hunting scenes of deer and dogs in the wild. Each vase rests on an elevated base that has undulating edges. The exceptionally detaile...

Lareg French pair of high quality green uranium opal glass vases Gilding decoration on the rims and the body all around France, 19th Century 35 cm high.  

A gorgeous pair of antique French Napoleon III blue opaline glass vases with hand painted gilt decoration. They are a stunning color and stylis...

Hand-decorated with gold, enamel, and jewels! White and blue opal glass, each vase is raised on circular flat foot which is shaped in multiple gilded circles, finely applied red jewe...

An exeptional pair of vases made of two-layers enamelled opaline glass, opaque white on the inside and pink on the outside, the circular bodies richly hand-painted all around with gi...

Pair of blue opal glass horns with gilded metal holders Frnace, 19th Century Two statue holders, oriental man and woman, fine metal work, glass with undu...

A set of 3 matching opaline glass vases Beautiful green color with gilding highlights decoration and wavy scalloped rims France, 19th Century Measures: Large Vase stands 35 ...