A pair of outstanding Victorian ruby lustre glass vases. Each…
click the photo to enlarge
A pair of outstanding Victorian ruby lustre glass vases. Each with gilt foliate decoration. The bowl hung with facetted prisms, on a shaped cut stem with gilt decoration, on spreading feet. 34 cm high.

You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.

Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item

When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

This item has been sold, and the description, image and price are for reference purposes only.
  • 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.
  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • Faceting - Faceting is a technique of removing material from a curved surface, to give a series of flat surfaces but retaining the profile of the original surface.

    The technique is most commonly associated with diamond cutting where the various cuts used such as rose cut and brilliant cut, add life and sparkle to the stone, whilst at the same time removing as little of the stone as possible.

    Faceting by grinding is also used to decorate glass. The stems of many drinking glasses are decorated by cutting a series of flat surfaces on a circular stem, and hollow vessels such as vases may have faceted surfaces.

    In furniture faceting is often applied to legs of tables and chairs, where a circular baluster shaped section is flattened so as to form an octagonal section.

This item has been included into following indexes:

Visually similar items

A Napoleon III gilt brass and glass hall light, 56 cm high, 38 cm diameter

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

A contemporary pair of flashed ruby glass and gilt lustre vases with storm shades, 67 cm high

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Pair of Victorian lustre vases in satin milk glass and gilded

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

A pair of gilt finish and mirrored glass candle stands 40 cm high

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.