Antique Victorian Tall Blue Glass Tumbler with Enamel

Antique Victorian Tall Blue Glass Tumbler with Enamel

Hand blown and enameled tall Victorian glass tumbler. This stunning old tumbler is in excellent condition. Dates from the late 1800’s. Fabulous find. Famous Bohemian maker Loetz provided glass like this. The English and Americans also provided this popular 19th century Victorian style and form. The tumbler is unsigned.

Beautiful light aqua blue color glows neon green under blacklight. Glass recipe probably contains manganese. Uranium (vaseline glass) also causes glass to “light-up”, but is found in green or yellow glass. Hand blown from optical mold and hand decorated with orange and whitish enamel, with a gold gilt band. The vertical optics are smooth on the exterior, but can be felt on the interior. A streak of silver gilt is shown directly in the center of the tumbler. It is a maker’s miss silver streak, it is not a crack.

Glass has scattered trapped small air bubbles, common in blown antique glass. Gold band is slightly worn, but continious. No liquid damage, glass is translucent and clean. Bigger than most tumblers like this found today.

Measures just under 5″ tall with a 3″ wide mouth.