Louis-Philippe Enameled Opaline Vases

Baluster shaped vase in white, enameled opaline, with a multicolored decoration featuring bouquets of flowers on a white background. Gilded arabesques and latticework surround the bo...

Bulb-bottomed vase with long neck decorated with multicolored enamel and gold. It is embellished with arabesques, flowers and latticework patterns in orientalist taste on a marbled Bordeaux background. Remnants of a mark underneath. The fascination with the orient and its exotic decoration dominated the 18th-19th centuries. It was China that started the enthusiasm for the costumes and artistic shapes that came from faraway lands. However, as a result of conquests and colonial Expansion, this fascination saw the displacement of its origins. During the 18th century, Chinese and Turkish styles invaded the salons and gardens of royalty as well as affluent esthetes who prided themselves on their taste for The Orient. From then on, baths were Turkish, furniture was lacquered, Persian tapestries...

Exceptional Pair of Two-Layer Enamelled Opaline Glass Vases – Moser, Bohemia, 19th Century This exceptional pair of vases is crafted from two-layer enamelled opaline glass, with a m...

We are pleased to offer this opaline vase with beautiful hand painted flowers. The glass is hand blown, without seams, and is slightly translucent. The vase is decorated all around...