Victorian Peachblow Bottle Vases with Gilt Decoration
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- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 ? 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910. - Peach Blow - Peach blow is a finish that was used on 19th century art glass, particularly in the United States. It is characterized by a gradation of colour that goes from a pale pink or white at the top of the piece to a deep, rich red or magenta at the base. The effect is achieved by layering or coating the glass with a combination of gold chloride and tin chloride, which is then heated in a furnace to produce the desired colour.
The name "peach blow" comes from the fact that the colour of the glass resembles that of a ripe peach. This finish was particularly popular during the Victorian era, and was used to create a variety of decorative glass objects, including vases, pitchers, and bowls.
Peach blow glass was highly valued by collectors and connoisseurs of the time, and remains a sought-after type of antique glass today. Some of the most famous makers of peach blow glass include Mount Washington Glass Company and the New England Glass Company, both of which were based in the United States. - Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
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