Antique Amber Satin Glass Double Vase with Diamond Quilt Pattern C1890

Antique Aqua Glass Double Handled Vase with Diamond Quilt Pattern C1890 4 1/2" x 3 3/4" x 3"

Antique Hawkes School Brilliant Cut Glass Butter Dish C1890 Measures - 7 5/8" x 8 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Unusual example of an olive green two handled enamelled vase by Harrach, depicting two classical figures: one a bearded warrior and the other a older woman, both in white over orange. The vase is additionally finely enamel decorated around the top and on the back with stylised patterns. The two handles are hot applied. Harrach has been the backbone of Bohemian, and possibly European, glass for the last 300 years. It proudly celebrated its tri-centenary in 2012. Before Ludwig Moser was allowed to have his own Glassworks he, like almost everyone else in the region, bought his blanks from Harrach. In fact we will probably never know how much glass, supposedly made my other great glass makers of Europe, were in fact made and finished in the Harrach Glassworks including Emile Galle. We do know that vast ranges of Legras was made by Harrach, probably under licence and possibly the majority of the glass we think of as Fratelli Tosso...

Glass H21 x D21 cm