Pair of Herman Eiselt Steinschönau Purple Glass Vases with Silver Overlay c1900

A vibrant Art Nouveau purple graduating to cream/ivory pair of deceptively heavy vases by Harrach decorated with raised gilding depicting blossoming branches - probably Prunus. Shape...

A vibrant Art Nouveau purple to clear intaglio cut Harrach vase with rare shaped 'cut-out' top outlining the higher buds. Depicting Flowering Lilies highlighted with gilding. This style of intaglio cut vase (with cut-out top) was taken by Harrach to the 1900 Paris exhibition. Very unusually this vase has stylised geometric cuts radiating from the base. 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...

Pair of Minton Secessionist fluted vases, decorated with typical Art Nouveau stylized flowers and leaves. Green tube lining detail, on purple ground. Printed maker's marks 'MINTONS L...

Important vase in cut crystal of Saint Louis with double layer of transparent crystal and technical amethyst known as Overlay decoration of stars, stylized lotus flowers and intersecting lines. Slightly narrowed neck, ideal for bouquets. On the base, the famous sun star is engraved Height 31 cm, diameter 12 c. First part of the 20th century...