For sale is a lovely vase made by Loetz Klostermuehle of Bohemia which is now the modern day Czech Republic. The Pattern is called "Oceanik" and the form is a Tapered  More »

For sale is a lovely vase made by Loetz Klostermuehle of Bohemia which is now the modern day Czech Republic. The Pattern is called "Oceanik" and the form is a Tapered Shoulder Vase. The Vase is a nice cabinet size as it stands 4 1/2" tall and has a diameter of 3 1/4" at its widest point. The bottom of the vase has a diameter of 1 7/8". The very top lip has a diameter of 1 7/8" giving this Vase its balance with the bottom. The base glass is aquamarine in color. The Vase has a wonderful raised relief "Wave" Pattern in the glass. It is further decorated with an Oil Spot finish. The vase displays a very beautiful rainbow colored iridescence with Fuchsia tones throughout. It is accented with 4 dimpled or thumbprint indentations at the shoulder part of the vase, with a short neck rising up from the indentations. It is very European in design. This is somewhat common for Loetz's pieces to have a thumbprint decororation but the form in this Decor is not so commonly found. The Vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. The Vase does display a very nice flat polished top lip which is very common with European Art Glass. The Vase including the bottom shows some of the most beautiful Fuchsia Iridescent Coloring one can imagine. The Vase is very clean inside and shows virtually no signs of use. It appears to have been a Cabinet piece most if not all of its life. This vase is known as Oceanic (Wellenoptisch) Prod. Nr. 1259 in the Loetz Catalog. This is a Lovely cabinet Vase that is not so commonly found. You Loetz collectors will welcome this fine addition into your collection. This Vase was made, circa 1900-1905 and is considered the early years for Loetz.   « Less

For sale is a Lovely piece of Art Glass made by The Durand Glass Company of Vineland, NJ. I have a very nice Vase done in Durand's Popular Orange Glow Lustre Line. The Vase  More »

For sale is a Lovely piece of Art Glass made by The Durand Glass Company of Vineland, NJ. I have a very nice Vase done in Durand's Popular Orange Glow Lustre Line. The Vase is a nice cabinet size as it stands 6 5/8" tall and is 4" in diameter at the bulbous bottom. The top has a diameter of 3 5/8" outside measurement. The Vase has a very beautiful subtle orange/gold Aurene, Favrile iridescence to it. There are wonderful strong Fuchsia Hues throughout the body of the Vase. The Vase has a very pleasing unique shape. I call this shape an Squat Bulbous Trumpet shape. It starts from the bottom with a round shallow raised foot. The vase then flares out and rolls back in like a Flower Bulb. This flows into a narrow cylindrical neck that rises up and flares out in the shape of a Trumpet. The bottom or foot on Art Glass Vases are usually applied and are considered 2 separate pieces. This one is not as it is actually formed from the body of the vessel and would be considered part of the Vase. The Vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings or scratches to the outside surface iridescence. There is a scratch on the side pictured and is considered insignificant. The Vase does display a counter sunk polished Pontil. This is the mark of a quality piece of Art Glass. The Vase is not signed as is the case with many Durand Art Glass pieces. They usually had a Paper Label like the one pictured. These fell off over time from cleaning. This Vase can be documented in the Book "Durand The Man and his Glass" by Edward J. Meschi. It is on page 166 bottom left and is model number 1730. I have shown a picture of this same shape but it is done in a Rarer King Tut Decorated Version. That form can be documented on page 46 far right middle row. Quezal also used this shape in their Catalogue line. When Quezal closed in 1924 and Martin Bach and a few Glass Blowers came down to set up the Fancy Goods Shop at Durand they brought with them all the molds and Inventory. Durand liquidated their stock and blew many of the same shapes using Durand Glass Formula's. Durand did not start making his Artistic Glass until December 1924. This is when Quezal Glass and Decorating Company went out of Business and Martin Bach Jr. and several of his workers migrated to South Jersey and set up shop at Durand. Durand blew glass in the Fancy Shop for only a short time as he was killed in an automobile accident in 1931. In 1932 The Durand Glass Company discontinued all of its Artistic Glass. Durand was a Contemporary to Tiffany Studios, Steuben, Quezal and several others in the 20's. Although they blew glass in a shorter period of time than any of these Glass Houses Durand made his mark on the Art Glass World. This is a quality piece of Art Glass that is considered much Rarer because there are by far fewer examples of Durand Gold Iridescence Glass than his Contemporaries, Tiffany, Loetz, Steuben and Quezal. This Vase was made Circa 1924-1932.   « Less

For sale is a very lovely piece of Art Glass made by Tiffany Studios, New York. The item is called a "Footed Ribbed Flower Vase". It is done in Tiffany's highly sought after  More »

For sale is a very lovely piece of Art Glass made by Tiffany Studios, New York. The item is called a "Footed Ribbed Flower Vase". It is done in Tiffany's highly sought after Gold Favrile Iridescent Glass. The Vase is a nice size as it stands 6 3/4" tall and has a diameter of approximately 5" at it widest point. The foot has a diameter of 4 1/4". The Vase displays a very nice Shape that somewhat resembles a Flower at the top opening. The Vase has nice vertical ribbing rising up from the short stem that rises just above the foot. This ribbing continues to the top where it works its way in around the neck then it flares out and comes back in and out again ever so gracefully. It has a strong Gold Iridescent finish with wonderful hues of Fuchsia and Purples. The foot has a beautiful Fuchsia hue to it. The Vase looks metallic yet it is glass. The bottom of the foot has some of the strongest Gold Favrile Iridescence I have ever seen on a Tiffany Favrile piece. It reminded me of Steuben's Brilliant Gold Aurene finish. The vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. There are very minor scratches on the underside outer edge iridescence. There are a few inclusions or carbon spots in the glass. This can only be seen when held up to the light. There is also one small circular spot on the exterior that the gold didn't take but it shows a beautiful rainbow color. These issues are common and considered Factory. I could only find a couple of teeny tiny scratches in the iridescence and they are not obtrusive. The Vase is properly signed in a counter clockwise fashion. It is the etched Script Signature mark which reads "1557 L.C. Tiffany-Favrile". This number denotes its model or shape number as is evident by the last picture I have up. It is a black and white copy of the form in Tiffany's catalog of shapes. Since there is no prefix or suffix letter this denotes this piece as extremely early in the Tiffany Favrile fancy goods line. Tiffany started using a Prefix and Suffix Letter and numbering system to date his pieces of Art Glass that he made in 1894. Since this does not have a letter I would say that this piece was made earlier like circa 1892-1893. This is a quality piece of Art glass made by Tiffany Studios, New York. The Gold Favrile, Aurene Iridescence is just outstanding!! This is a very nice example of this form and color. It is amazing that this Vase has survived over 119 years without getting any kind of damage. Those of you who collect the Gold Favrile, Aurene Forms will surely welcome this fine addition. I'm sure the Buyer will be very pleased with their purchase.   « Less

For sale is a wonderful piece of Art Glass made by The Pairpoint Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Mass. The item is a Wheel Cut Compote and it is done in the most  More »

For sale is a wonderful piece of Art Glass made by The Pairpoint Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Mass. The item is a Wheel Cut Compote and it is done in the most popular Amethyst base glass. The Compote is a nice size as it stands 4 1/2" tall and is 8 1/4" in diameter. The foot has a diameter of 3 3/8". The Compote displays a very pleasing Purple Color when out of Sunlight. When it is in sunlight the Compote displays a very beautiful subtle Amethyst Color. The wheel cutting is just outstanding!! The Cutting is deep and well defined. The Cutting has an Italian Flair in design. It is "Grapes and Leaves" and it is a design that intertwines and connects one leaf to the next with grapes hanging between them. The outside border of the compotes shows tiny oval football shaped cutting that totally encompasses the top rim. The foot even has wheel cutting of 4 Grapes Leaves. Truly a lovely piece of Art Glass!! The Compote is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. The only issue to report is a scratch on the inside dimple portion in the center of the compote. There is minor scratches to the bottom foot. This is common for an 80 year old piece. The piece is not signed but is does display a counter sunk polished pontil. The tell tale sign of a quality piece of Art Glass. This is a documented Pairpoint Compote and was the same quality level of Steuben Colored Glass at the turn of the century. This Compote was made Circa 1920-1925.   « Less

For sale is a lovely Art Glass Vase made by Loetz Klostermuehle of Bohemia which is now the modern day Czech Republic. The Pattern is called "Astartig" and the form is a  More »

For sale is a lovely Art Glass Vase made by Loetz Klostermuehle of Bohemia which is now the modern day Czech Republic. The Pattern is called "Astartig" and the form is a Flower Vase. The Vase is a nice size as it stands 5 1/4" tall and has a diameter of 3 1/8" at its widest point. The bottom of the vase has a diameter of 2 1/8". The Vase displays a very beautiful Candia (Gold) Silberiris texture with random patterns pinched within the surface while the glass was still warm from the furnace and finished with a scalloped irregular top rim. The iridescence is just outstanding as you can see vivid colors of Gold, Platinum Blue and very strong Fuchsia. The Base Glass is Clear with a Gold Applied decoration. Astartig (branch) glass used a highly iridescent gold finish over Candia glass, usually free form pieces, with small protrusions pulled from the body of the glass. The Vase has a beautiful organic shape and appears to be a double gourd shape. The Vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. The Opening at the top resemble a Flower Form Shape and is quite irregular. The bottom does display a counter sunk polished pontil. This is the mark of a quality piece of art Glass. The Vase is not signed but it is a very well documented Loetz Decor. The Vase is very clean outside and in as It shows minimal signs of use. This is a very nice vase that is not so commonly found. The decoration is brilliant and well defined. I'm quite sure the buyer will be very pleased with their purchase. This Vase was known as Candia Astartig Silberiris, Production No. 1828 in the Loetz Catalog. This Vase was made circa 1904 and is considered the early years for Loetz.   « Less

For sale is a wonderful piece of Art Glass blown by The Steuben Glass Company of Corning, New York. The item is a Compote or Center Piece Footed Bowl with Rings. The Compote  More »

For sale is a wonderful piece of Art Glass blown by The Steuben Glass Company of Corning, New York. The item is a Compote or Center Piece Footed Bowl with Rings. The Compote is blown in Frederick Carder's very desirable Topaz Art Glass. The Compote has some size to it as it stands 6 3/4" tall and is 8" in diameter. The foot has a diameter of 4". The Vase displays a very beautiful Topaz or Amber colored Body, Stem and Foot. The looped applied handles on each side is also done in this beautiful Topaz color. The Rings that are locked inside these loops are done in a Rope Design but they are clear crystal. The Bowl is a very complicated shape and has several interesting parts that comprise it. It first starts with a round raised foot that has a folded edge underneath. It then has a deep Topaz washer shaped knuckle with a Squat circular closed break that is hollow inside. It then has another deep Topaz knuckle that has a top and bottom side on top of that. The Body of the Compote or Bowl is attached to this knuckle. Then the piece takes on interesting handles. These handles are Looped on 2 sides and fused to the bowl. To finish this off Steuben locked in Clear Crystal Twisted Rope Style rings inside. This is very difficult to do and clearly shows the Glass Blowing skills of Steuben's Master Glass Blowers. I see at least 9 steps in just forming this glass vessel without counting the mixing of the Sand and Chemicals to comprise the Topaz Color. The Vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. I cannot even see scratches along the underside bottom edge and this leads me to believe that this was a cabinet piece and was rarely used. The Compote is not signed and more than likely had a Paper Label that simply fell off after time. This was a tough Shape to find documented sales on. I did find a Selenium Red and an Orange Cintra one. They both sold a few years back and they both sold for $1600 plus the Buyers Premium of 20%. I do not feel that the Topaz is worth what the Selenium Red and Cintra pieces are worth. http://www.cardersteubenclub.org/shapes/item-view.cfm?category=ShapeIndex&recordID=25483&back=1 Click on this highlighted link to access this shape in the Steuben Gallery of Shapes on-line This a very nice example and I'm quite sure the buyer will be quite pleased with their purchase. This is known as shape number 2942 in the Steuben Catalog pages. This piece was made during the Frederick Carder Years, Circa 1910-1932.   « Less

For sale I have a lovely Vase made by Loetz Klostermuehle of Bohemia which is now the modern day Czech Republic. The Pattern is called "Papillon" and the form is a Large  More »

For sale I have a lovely Vase made by Loetz Klostermuehle of Bohemia which is now the modern day Czech Republic. The Pattern is called "Papillon" and the form is a Large Seven Finger Fan Flower Vase". The Vase is large as it stands 8" tall and has a diameter of 8" at its widest point. The bottom of the vase has a diameter of 4 3/4". The Vase displays a Beaker Shaped bottom with a Fan Shaped Top. It has Seven Round Openings in the Top that resembles a glove that has it fingers cut off. These Fingers are round and are pinched together so the can receive Flower Buds in each opening. The Base Glass is Green (Creta). The Iridescence is just superb as it displays a beautiful Blue/Green Gold iridescence throughout. There is a very strong presence of Blue Iridescence. This Vase is very European in design. Attributed to Kolomon Moser, the designer of many famous pieces in the Seccesionist period. The Vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. The Openings at the top have a nice Fire Polished lip with a Countersunk Polished Pontil. This is the finishing mark of a Quality piece of Art Glass. The Vase is very clean outside and inside shows some signs of use as it is a little dirty on the inside bottom. I show a size comparison next to a can of soup in the last picture so you can realize its size. This vase shape is somewhat Rare as you don't commonly see this form. This is known as Prod. Nr. 7891/8". This Vase was made, circa 1899-1905 and is considered the early years for Loetz.   « Less

For sale is a Lovely piece of Art Glass made by The Steuben Glass Company of Corning, New York. The Item is a Hand Blown "Optic Ribbed Stemmed Sherbet" and it is done in the  More »

For sale is a Lovely piece of Art Glass made by The Steuben Glass Company of Corning, New York. The Item is a Hand Blown "Optic Ribbed Stemmed Sherbet" and it is done in the "Celeste Blue with Transparent" Glass. The Sherbet is a nice size as it stands 4 5/8" tall and is 3 13/16" in diameter. The foot has a diameter of 2 11/16". The Stemmed Sherbet displays a wonderful optic Vertical ribbing. It has a Celeste Blue Cup and Foot with a Clear or transparent Glass Stem. The top lip is fire polished and rolled. The Goblet is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. There are a few minor scratches on the bottom of the foot but the Interior of the Glass shows virtually no signs of wear. The Glass is somewhat light in weight. This Sherbet is not signed but this is the 3rd one from a set of 7 that I recently purchased. The other 2 were signed with Steuben's "Fleur de Lis" acid etched mark. This Sherbet also displays a counter sunk polished Pontil on the bottom, the sign of a Quality Hand Blown piece of Art Glass. This is shape number 2680 in the Steuben Achieves of shapes. There is a link below to show this for those who doubt it is Steuben. Steuben Art Glass is some the Highest Quality Glass you can own. At the turn of the Century LCT Tiffany Studio's Favrile line was their main competitor and their fared equally as well creating some of the nicest Art Glass pieces the World has ever seen. Steuben Stemware is somewhat hard to find. You commonly find the Sherbets but not the Goblets. These items were used and most of them did not make it through. Those of you who collect Steuben Stemware, or Celeste Blue and want an excellent example, do not let this one slip by you!! http://www.cardersteubenclub.org/shapes/item-view.cfm?recordID=24177&back=1 Click on or copy and paste into browser to see documentation. This piece was made, Circa 1920-1929.   « Less

For sale I have a very Lovely piece of Art Glass made by Tiffany Studios, New York. The item is a "Gold Bud" Vase. It is done in Tiffany's highly sought after Gold Favrile  More »

For sale I have a very Lovely piece of Art Glass made by Tiffany Studios, New York. The item is a "Gold Bud" Vase. It is done in Tiffany's highly sought after Gold Favrile Iridescent Glass. The Flower Bud Vase is a nice size as it stands 10" tall and has a diameter of approximately 3 1/4" at it widest point. The foot has a diameter of 3 5/16". The Vase displays a very nice Shape that resembles the center Trumpet of a Daffodil flower. It sits on a round platform and has vertical ribbing Strong Gold Iridescent finish. The foot has a beautiful Platinum Blue Hue to it. The Vase looks metallic yet it is glass. There is vertically ribbing that starts at the bulb just above the platform and rises up to the top and rolls over. You can see great detail in the ribbing. The Gold iridescence is brilliant and evenly colored. The Bud Vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. There is minor wear on the iridescence on the foot. This Flower shows minor calcium deposits on the inside and can only be seen when held up to the light. The Vase is properly signed in a counter clockwise fashion. It is the etched Script Signature mark which reads "L.C. Tiffany-Favrile" as well as the Suffix Number "5-8834 N 1730". This Suffix letter N means this piece was made in the year 1919. This is one of the finest Authentic Tiffany Signatures that I have ever seen. It is unusual to see 2 sets of numbers and my guess the 1730 number is a shape number or something along that line. This is a quality piece of Art glass made by Tiffany Studios, New York. The Gold Favrile, Aurene Iridescence is just outstanding!! This is a very nice example of this form and color. It is amazing that this Vase has survived over 92 years without getting any kind of damage. Those of you who collect the Gold Favrile, Aurene Flower Forms will surely welcome this fine addition. I'm sure the lucky Buyer will be delighted with their purchase. I normally find this shape much larger and it does not have a Glass Foot. It has a metal foot and the stem slides right in. These are about 18" Tall and I have had several of these through the years. I have never seen this form in a 10" Size and I would consider this a somewhat rare form to find in LCT Tiffany Favrile.   « Less

For sale is a Lovely piece of Art Glass made by the Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. The shape is a Vase and the color is Amethyst. The Vase  More »

For sale is a Lovely piece of Art Glass made by the Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. The shape is a Vase and the color is Amethyst. The Vase measures 5 5/8" tall and is 6 3/8" wide at the mouth. The base of this lovely Vase is 2 3/4" in diameter. The pattern of this vase is known as Catalonian and was advertised as "Glass of Old Spain". It has a light Amethyst color that is accented with air bubbles varied in size throughout the entire body of the piece. There is a light frost to the vase with horizontal rings that vary in size and spacing. The vase has an Art Deco appeal and you can see the influence of Lalique Glass in this and many other early pieces produced by this company. This particular line was created by Reuben Haley who was known as one of the best glass designers in the country. He was not only a glass master but also a sculptor and metal worker. He would mold his design from clay first and then produce it in glass and was the creator of the Ruba Rombic and Martele Line as well. The Muncie Pottery Company is also known for its' Ruba Rombic line which was also designed by Reuben Haley. The Vase is considered to be in Excellent Condition as there are no cracks, chips, nicks or dings. The Vase is unsigned but guaranteed to be Vintage Consolidated Glass. There is the typical rough pontil scar where it was broken away from the pipe and you can see that this was blown into a three piece mold from the mold lines. This piece was made Circa 1927-1941.   « Less