Catalog: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art (73)

A beautiful hand painted Willets Belleek handled bowl with fancy crimped rim. The bowl is 5 inches in diameter and 2 3/4 inches tall. Measured across the handles, the bowl is 6 ½ inches. The underside bears the brown Willets Belleek mark used from the mid 1880's to 1909. The decoration consists of pink roses with green foliage surrounding a large gold scroll bearing a series of tuquoise beads, each of which is surounded by gold dots...

A small amethyst over camphor glass cameo vase. The decoration is a floral pattern on a camphor ground. The vase is signed “ C Vessiere” in cameo and is 3 1/4 inches tall.

The condition of this Tiffany Studios double inkwell is nearly pristine. The inkwell has a gold dore finish and contains two colorless pressed glass inserts. The bottom is stamped “Tiffany Studios New York 1641.” The inkwell is 5 1/4 inches long. I know most people no longer use a nib (or dip) pen but this would make a great item for a calligraphy hobbyist or perhaps the inserts could be used to hold paperclips on your desk.

Pastel amethyst opalescent Tiffany plate. The 9 inch diameter plate has a scalloped rim. The underside is inscribed “768T L.C.T. Favrile” along the edge. Perfect condition with the exception of normal wear to the bearing points on the bottom.

A set of four gold Favrile coupes. The interiors of the bowls are engraved with a grape vine encircling the bowl just below the rim which has alternating grape leaves and grape bunches hanging from it. The pieces have polished pontil marks and the undersides of the feet are signed with “L C Tiffany - Favrile” in script around the edge. The pieces are 4 inches tall and the bowls are 4 ½ inches in diameter. All pieces are pristine and are well matched.

17114428 A scarce gold Favrile underplate for a cordial. The 3 inch diameter plate has a polished pontil and is signed “LCT G1478" by the polished pontil. The rim of the plate exhibits a very nice onion skin pattern. Under plates such as this are shown in a page from the 1902 Tiffany Studios booklet. A copy of this page can be found on page 54 of Robert Koch’s “Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass-Bronzes-Lamps.”

A 9 inch tall Wisteria goblet identified as Steuben shape 7182. The unsigned goblet is pictured in the online shape gallery on the Frederick Carder Steuben Club. This goblet has an engraved mark on the edge of the polished pontil that reads “F. D.” The initials are engraved in reverse so that when seen through the foot they read correctly. Per the Carder Steuben Club shape gallery the pattern on the goblet is “unknown.”

A 7 inch tall signed Steuben goblet with colorless cup and foot joined by a Pomona Green twist stem. The goblet is shape 3551 and is decorated in the Van Dyke pattern. The goblet is signed on the polished pontil with the block letter Steuben mark.

An 8 ½ inch diameter green jade over alabaster plate engraved in the popular “York” pattern. The plate is unmarked and in excellent condition.

A very nice unsigned Steuben Oriental Jade vase, shape 2648 as shown in the factory line drawings. The vase is 6 inches tall and is in perfect condition. The pontil mark is fully polished.

Beautiful set of 6 signed Steuben 9 inch tall goblets. The goblets are marina blue and are decorated in the “Fountain” pattern to match the Lenox China Fountain table settings. The pattern was made for Marshall Field and Co. In the 1920s. A photograph of these and the china is shown on page 49 of “The Glass of Frederick Carder” by Paul Gardner. The stem ware are shape 6565 in the factory line drawings.

A 12 inch tall iridized green jade vase with iridized gold threading around the top. The unsigned Steuben vase has a polished pontil mark and is in wonderful condition. The vase is shown in the factory line drawings as shape 6776.

A Carder Steuben green jade and alabaster vase measuring 6 inches tall. The vase is shape 3285 and is unsigned. The raised foot is alabaster and the balance of the vase is green jade. The underside of the foot exhibits a broken pontil mark. There is no damage.

A Steuben gold Aurene cologne bottle only 3 3/4 inches tall with original ball stopper. The stopper and bottle are both marked “1" and the base is marked “Aurene 1818.” The bottle also bears a triangular Steuben Glass paper label.

Beautiful unsigned Steuben gold ruby cut to clear champagne glass. Make your Veuve Clicquot champagne taste even better in this 6 1/8 inch tall Steuben champagne glass in colorless crystal with a red border. The glass matches shape 6596 in the factory drawings and is decorated in the "Fountain" pattern as shown in plate 7.42 of Dimitroff’s "Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass." The glass will hold 6 ounces There is no damage.

A nice colorless crystal and Pomona Green compote. The 6 3/4 inch tall compote has an optically ribbed colorless bowl and foot joined by a twisted Pomona Green stem. The base has a broken pontil and is signed with the block letter “Steuben” mark.

16094272 A Carder era Steuben Verre de Soie cologne bottle with a light blue jade stopper. The bottle is shown as shape 1988 in the Steuben factory line drawings and is 7 3/4 inches tall with the stopper. There is a polished pontil mark but the bottle is unsigned as was normal on most Verre de Soie items.

Wonderful colorless bulbous Steuben cologne bottle, shape 3404, with amethyst cintra rim at the top and having the original amethyst cintra petal stopper. The bottle is unsigned and is 3 3/4 inches in diameter and stands 5 inches tall with the stopper. There is a large polished pontil mark.