Bohemian Art Nouveau Harrach Purple on Cream Gilded Pair of Glass Vases, 1890

A rare Victorian Harrach Gilded Ivory coloured glass Jug in the classic shape of a claret jug later this was more-commonly made in porcelain (in factories like Royal Worcester) this is made in glass and has the shape and pattern codes to it's base corresponding to Hararch (see last but one picture) it is decorated in gilding with a leaf and branch pattern to the body and a fluted gilded handle -a very rare piece of glass Harrach has been the backbone of Bohemian, and possibly European, glass for the last 300 years. It proudly celebrates 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. 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...

A vibrant Art Nouveau orange/pink over clear Harrach cameo vase. Depicting flowers highlighted with gilding. This style of Cameo was taken by Harrach to the 1900 Paris exhibition. Their stylized cameo technique employed an icicle effect -visible just below the orange band in most of the pictures. Harrach has been the backbone of Bohemian, and possibly European, glass for the last 300 years. It proudly celebrates 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. 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...

A cute Art Nouveau opaque white over vivid green Harrach small bottle shaped cameo and enamel vase. Depicting polychrome enamel flowers. The enamelling is finely displayed on the flo...

A rare early Victorian Harrach cameo vase in blue, cased on both sides with opaque white, and cut to blue on the outside to reveal a stylised decoration and a floral/botanical scene -highlighted in gilding. Generally Cameos were considered to have been invented by the Romans and then recreated by the British in the last quarter of the 19th century. The reality is Cameos were being produced in Bohemian much earlier than that -this Harrach vases...

An Aesthetic period uranium art glass rose bowl with applied mat-su-no-ke decoration made by Harrachov Glassworks (Bohemian, Est. 1712), c. 1860-95. Following the Japanese inspired d...

Pair of vases, manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe, Phenomen Genre 358 decoration, circa 1900, Austrian Jugendstil Glass This pair of vases is an extraordinary example of the Loetz m...

Heading : Harrach Amber Mica Frit Vase Date : 1968 Origin : Milan Metelak fort Harrach, Czechoslovakia Bowl Features : Amber glass case in clear with internal controlled air bibbles ...

Bohemian glass vase, red tinted glass with spiral melting, H. approx. 28 cm, minimally rubbed.