Antique Blue Opaline Enameled Glass Tazza Bowl Centerpiece, 19th Century

19th Century marble oval Tazza centerpiece bowl A beautifully marbled bowl on foot with a scalloped outer rim. The lines of the marble from beige to da...

Early Swedish 19th Century blue glass candy bowl or dish. This type of glass bowl was typically used for yoghurt and other dairy products.

19th century American handblown cranberry glass bowl.

A stunning Bohemian schwarzlot (two tones of black) painted clear glass bowl depicting a hound chasing a stag through a tree lined landscape. Produced by Josef Lenhardt...

This Italian 19th century neoclassical marble bowl on pedestal, or tazza centerpiece, is finely carved in Cipollino marble, a highly prized stone already appreciated by the Romans an...

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

This large Mid-Century Modern art glass footed compote is unsigned but presumed to have been made in Italy in circa 1969. The bowl is done in multicolored swirls of red, brown, blue,...

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...

Beautiful gold shining bright bowl by the well known Steuben glass Co.

Beautiful scallop edge sky blue and gold speck art glass centerpiece dish bowl made by Alfredo Barbini for Murano glass, circa 1950s.Has the remains of the original foil label on the...