Pair of 1820s Cut Crystal Mantle Vases

Anglo-Irish cut crystal footed center bowl circa 1820. Excellent cutting throughout with unusual rolled and turned fluted edge. Campana form with round stepped base on square plinth....

19th century Anglo-Irish cut crystal footed bowl. Alternating cut prisms with excellent cutting throughout. Round stepped base on square plinth...

1840s antique American glass footed compote or bowl. Free form blown clear glass. All-over engraved acorn and oak leaf motif. No makers mark.

1840s English glass whiskey gill. Clear blown glass. No makers mark.

Cut glass chalice from England, circa 1840. Cut glass with no restoration. Provenance: purchased from Taylor B. Williams Antiques. Chicago, Illinois.

English 1810 George III cut glass ships decanter. All-over faceted cut glass pattern. No makers mark or signature. Purchased at Taylor B. Williams antiques...

A stunning pair of Late 18th to early 19th Century hand cut glass footed compotes. The hand blown glass with all over cutting done by hand in England or Ireland, Circa 1800-20 9 inch...

An impressive George II hand cut full led Irish Crystal Pedestal “Kettle Drum” Bowl of circular outline and unusually large proportions. Made by the Old Waterford Glass Company, County Tipperary in Ireland. Late Eighteenth, early Nineteenth Century. The heavy gauge circular wavy cut rim with a band of richly cut diamond and chevron cut pattern. The lower bowl area with scale cut detailing, raised on a single ring socle stem above a square thick spreading pedestal, underneath with “lemon squeeze” foot detail. Condition: Good untouched condition with no losses, except for one tight short crack, see two images which clearly show this imperfection, wonderful age wear underneath base. Typically unmarked as Georgian pieces were not. *Stunning and rare example of a piece of Irish Georgian History. The asking price reflects the imperfection. Wonderful rare “grey” tint to crystal, so typical of Eighteenth-Century Irish pieces. Diameter: (top rim, an impressive) 9” (23cm). Height: 8.25" (21cm). Depth: (square base) 3.5" (9cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping. The history of Irish Hand Cut Crystal goes back to the late 17th century. George Ravenscroft started the tradition in 1676. The glassmaker added lead oxide to the silicates that make up the molten glass. The process achieved a softness that allowed the glass to be blown and carved while remaining hard and clear as it cooled. The first crystal factory in Ireland opened in County Tyrone in 1771. The Creation of Waterford Crystal The Waterford Crystal we know today back in 1783 with George and William Penrose. Their vision was to “create the finest quality crystal for drinking vessels and decorative objects of beauty for the home.” The Penrose brothers sought the expertise of renowned glassmaker John Hill in 1785. Hill that began the process of polishing the glass to give the unique Waterford Crystal shine now known the world over. Hill left Waterford in 1788 after a major disagreement with the Penrose brothers. Waterford cut glass...

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 pair of flat cut boat shaped bowls with vandyke rims.

Scandinavian Modern Tapio Wirkkala Two Line Cut Crystal Art Objects Handblown Two freeblown crystal, line-cut art-objects, model 3132. Designed by Finnish artist Tapio Wirkkala in ...

Scandinavian Modern Tapio Wirkkala Two Line Cut Crystal Art Bowls Handblown Two line cut, chair worked crystal art-object, Model 3342, expertly designed by the renowned Tapio Wirkk...