Antique French Cut Glass & Bronze Ormolu Mounted Compote

A wonderful early to mid 20th century crystal faceted box or jewelry casket in the style of Baccarat. The piece has a brass ormolu mounted ring to ...

French, 19th century. An ornate gilt bronze handled basket decorated with filagree work to handle and base. The basket is mounted with pink / cream opalescent glass.

Antique Anglo-Irish Cut Crystal Lidded Urn.

French, likely Baccarat late 19th century. A finely cut amethyst glass centerpiece bowl with ripped cut rim and diamond etched surround. The main body is set inside a bronze base wit...

Likely American, possibly Irish. 19th Century. This is absolutely exceptional set of cut glass in an unidentified pattern. The 12-piece set includes nine 10.125" dinner plates, one...

Baccarat (French, founded 1764), circa 1920. Offered is a great pair of antique French Baccarat Houbigant pattern gilt crystal perfume bottles, circa 1920. These would make great i...

A fine pair of antique Russian ormolu and amethyst cut-glass compotes, 19th century. This pair of navette-shaped bowls cut with lozenge pattern and flanke...

A fine antique French cut glass casket. With a pressed and cut glass body and cover with a gilt bronze mount. Together with an associated key fo...

Our pair of antique (late 19th century) compotes in the neoclassical style with gilt bronze frame and cobalt blue flashed and clear glass bowls have engraved designs of latticework a...

Henry Ford II Estate Palm Beach. Circular waisted form with mounts on rim and base with paw feet.

A very finely made antique French Palais Royal ormolu mounted pink opaline glass vase dating from around 1850. The pedestal vase is of cyli...

An antique chased gold encrusted console bowl made by Westmoreland in the 1910's-20's. Engraved florals and bars, or fencing, on the bowl. This is a lovely etched and cut footed bowl/compote with chased gold trim, perfect for your favorite table, displayed in a prized vitrine or the perfect gift. The Westmoreland Glass Company was founded in 1889 when a group of men purchased the Specialty Glass Company located in East Liverpool, Ohio, and moved it to Grapeville, Pennsylvania. Grapeville was chosen as the location of the factory because the property had a large source of natural gas. George West served as president of the company, while his brother Charles West was the Vice President. Ira Brainard was the primary financial backer of Westmoreland. His son J.J. Brainard was an officer in the company. Westmoreland's main production was pressed glass tableware lines, mustard jars, and candy containers. In 1921, George West left the company and started his own glass company, George West and Sons. Charles West became president while J.J. Brainard became vice president of Westmoreland. The company changed its name to the Westmoreland Glass Company. Prior to his departure, George West created a large decorating department at Westmoreland.[1] Under the direction of Charles West, the company began to make high-quality hand-decorated glass from the 1920s through the 1930s, some of which was exhibited at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1937, Charles West retired and sold his interest to the Brainard family, which controlled the company until 1980. In the 1940s, the Brainards phased out the high-quality hand-decorated glass and began to produce primarily milk glass. In 1980, the Brainards sold the company to St. Louis, Missouri businessman David Grossman, who had no prior experience running a large glass-manufacturing company. The company went out of business in 1984 and was sold for $75,000 to George Snyder...