Dutch crystal lidded pots with silver knob, Amsterdam 1901-1903

19th century crystal mustard pot 2 different mustard pots with lids. Crystal cut with pineapple and fan motif raised on flower-shaped base. Officially it is called a mustard pot, but also very nice to use the fantasy on the table for serving something else in it. The left pot with round knob is 11.5 cm high and 8 cm diagonal, weight 204 The right pot with flat top is 12 cm high and 8 cm diagonal and weight is 244 grams The crystal pots...

A early 19th century Dutch silver and diamond cut crystal cruet set, 1816 A silver standard with three diamond cut crystal bottles and a sprinkle...

Hand-carved Bohemian crystal lidded vessel.

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Particular pair of toilet bottles in cut and ground by hand crystal; for their execution it was used crystal with a percentage of lead of 30%; the high lead content, instead of calcium present in the common glass, gives the crystal a remarkable hardness, exceptional transparency, and a high refractive index; with the techniques of cutting, grinding and polishing, scrupulously performed by hand, extraordinary light effects and reflections were created; the bottles with the ball body are surmounted by a silver neck and a hinged lid finely chiseled with Victorian motifs. They bear the Classic English silver punches from which we can tell that they were produced in the Victorian style in the city of Birmingham in 1907 (Edward VII) by the firm Phineas Harris Levi & Joseph Wolfe Salaman. The company was founded in 1870 in Birmingham on Northampton Street, in 1872 moved to larger premises on Hockley Street and in 1885 the business was finally moved to a prestigious building on Newhall Street. Levi & Salaman produced much Fine silverware...