Charles X Opaline Cup with Desvignes Decoration

Opaline crystal plate decorated with dark blue forget-me-nots and gilded stripes, produced by Jean-Baptiste Desvignes. Desvignes was a French g...

Conical flask on a high foot in opaline crystal with its flattened stopper. A star-shaped pattern highlighted with small flowers decorates the top of the stopper, and gilt bands unde...

Elegant candy dish in Creusot cut crystal and silver, decorated with foliage and petals. The high handles are embellished with palmettes, acanthus leaves, and the final spiral finishes in the shape of a rooster. A crown-shaped knob adorns the top of the removable lid. The candy dish rests on a square base and has four ball-shaped feet. Marked: LD for Charles Louis Dupré...

A white opaline cup on small pedestal and gilt bronze mount finely chiseled with flowers. Both handles shaped in pigeons resting on curved branches and bent to drink. The pure shape and silhouette, like the delicate colour give this cup a great elegance. Called "opal crystals" from the Empire, and later "opalines", this name designates several types of coloured glassware produced in France in the 19th century. The oldest opal crystals are lead glasses mixed with dyes. The old opacification recipes adapted to lead glass produce an opalescent material, known as "soap bubble" or "soapy opaline". Opal colours" are the other shades that result from the addition of metal oxides to this basic opal composition. These lenses, which are pink in colour, called "hydrangea" and then "pigeon's throat", obtained with gold salts, or "turquoise" blue thanks to cobalt or copper oxides, are often mounted in gilt bronze. The beautiful frames, finely chiselled with palmettes, interlacing or gothic-inspired motifs, house...

Beautiful wedding vase in white gold opaline glass with fine gold, decorated with a radiant cross, flowers and ears, religious symbol Opaline or opaline glass is a type of white or ...

Stunning Serving Bowl, Centerpiece by Moser Clear Crystal Double Overlaid with White and Cobalt Blue Opaline Glass Stunning Wavy Gilded Rim Gilded Enamel Decoration and Gilding Hi...

Antique Bohemian crystal tazza or footed bowl features intaglio engraved and gilded abstract decor with garlands. Gold gilding along the edge is accentuated by the cut rim, creating...

This exceptional two-piece serving set, consisting of a tazza bowl and its matching plate or saucer, is crafted from milky white opaline glass and dates to circa 1850. Made by Bohemi...