An item of ‘Bronze’ glass by Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England, produced c1880. This example is an interesting gourd shape with four punched ‘dimples’ and is mounted with a silver plated neck band and stopper with an aesthetic style finial appropriate to period. The stopper is mounted with a cork than can and has been changed. All manner of practical items as well as purely decorative items were produced in ‘Bronze’ glass; and the form of this piece probably identifies it as a decan ...click for details
A ‘Bronze’ glass vase by Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England, produced c1880. Webb bronze is produced on a green glass base and the iridescent effect is created by flashing oxides on the base glass towards the end of the production process. This example is an interesting gourd shape with six punched ‘dimples’ to the lower part. It is further enhanced over the iridescent surface with fired enamel work in a Moorish design which was popular during the period and is finished with a gilded ...click for details
A pair of opalescent glass salts produced by Stumpf Touvier Viollet et Cie of Paris at the beginning of the 20th century; around 1900-1910. Immediately recognisable; these gorgeous items have a striped opalescence with an all over orange tint and a pink hue to the underside of the rims. They have a polished pontil area to the base. Based in Paris; Stumpf Touvier Viollet et Cie started out in the mid 19th century as Cristallerie de Pantin and after various name changes evolved into the firm that ...click for details
