English blown and cut glass match striker, c. 1880-1900

Circa 1880-1900 American brilliant period cut glass butter tub. One point partial loss. 5.5" x 5 1/8" x 3 5/8" h.

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver and glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental coll...

English cut glass and silver plate biscuit barrel. Clear cut glass. Silver plate lid and handle. No makers mark or signature.

A magnificent oversized English match striker wither a sterling silver mount fully hallmarked for London 1917 (the makers mark is rubbed). Its...

A real gem and not to be missed! This is a rare find and exquisite quality. The frame is made from silver plate in a naturalistic bamboo frame with decorative flowers and foliage to ...

A rare 19th Century Yachts Match-Striker Ashtray by the Manhattan Brass Company of New York City. Stamped M.B. Co. New York. The weight is 2 lbs 9...

Two English turn of the century cut crystal bowls from the early 20th century, priced and sold individually. Born in the early years of the 20th century at the beginning of the reign...

Emile Gallé, France. Antique bowl in mouth-blown art glass with hand-painted flower decorations in gold, 1870s-1880s. Measures: 24 x 5 cm. In good condition with minor wear in the ...

Four antique biscuit buckets in mouth-blown opal art glass. Approx. 1900. Largest measures: 26 x 14 cm (incl. Handle). In excellent condition with light wear.

Fabulous Orivit signed metal and cut glass Tazza in exceptional condition. The base is a stunningly Art Nouveau sinuous gold coloured metal, with a flower head knop to hold on the glass top. It is signed Orivit 2259 on the base dating it to around 1900. The top is clear colourless glass with a wavy edge and cut with branches and leaves. Orivit A.G. Cologne-Ehrenfeld & Braunfels. Rhine Province or Rhenish Prussia, Prussia (now North Rhine-Westphalia) Silberschmied / Silversmiths The company was founded in 1894, as "Rheinische Broncegiesserei für Kleinplastiken " in Köln-Ehrenfeld by Wilhelm Ferdinand Hubert Schmitz (b.1863 - d.1939). From 1896 they started making luxury items in a new alloy,"Orivit Metal", consisting of 89.85% pewter 7.9 % antimony 1.9 % copper and 0.12 % silver. In 1900 the factory changed its name to "Orivit A.G. fur Kunsthandwerkliche Metalwarenfabrikation" and in 1901/02 a new factory was built in Cöln- Braunfels, complete with a revolutionary new Huber Presverfahren hydraulic press, capable of producing 3650 kiloponds per square centimetre. Finding itself in financial difficulties, Orovit A.G was purchased in 1905 by Württembergische MetallwarenFabrik. In 1906 Orivit A.G. acquired Orion and 60 of their designs were carried over into the Orivit range. W/MF marks were used from 1907, although Orivit marks were still visible in the old moulds.The designers were Carl Sigmund Luber...