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$95.00Huge Murano art glass apple paperweight with internal bubbles and large core bubble.
Big apple weighs 4 lbs and measures 5.5″ tall, and 5″ at widest. In excellent condition.
Made by hand of pure vintage crystal. Leaves and stem were handmade separately and applied to fruit. Large internal bubble is the apple core and is slightly opaque. Numerous intentional bubbles throughout.
High quality crystal reflects colors of objects nearby. Big beautiful apple.
Maker unknown, suspect Italian. Circa estimated 1970-1980.
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$145.00What a hoot! This big art glass owl paperweight with wandering eyes brings a chuckle.
Made by hand using the Sommerso method of blowing two or more gathers of different colored glass together to form colors within colors. Sommerso means ‘submerged’ in Italian. This owl was created with two colors, dark blue and light amber. The eyes are in three layers, circles of applied blue with whites of the eyes and black pupils applied separately.
The crown, beak, eyes, feet and base were applied to the body. The backside of the body was hand-tooled to create a texture of ‘feathers’. Well-made by a talented Italian/Murano craftsman. We do not know the glass house or maker of this Great Horned Owl. During the Mid-20th Century famous Italian glass artists like Archimede Seguso and Flavio Poli created objects in Sommerso. Many of their works were made specifically for export to places like the U.S.. The ‘made for export’ items are rarely signed by the artist. J.I. Imports was an American importer of Italian/Murano glass. We believe this owl was an import item. Circa 1960’s to 1970’s.
Big shifty-eyed owl weighs 1.8 lbs and stands 6¼” tall. In perfect condition.
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$40.00Quality crystal lop-eared sitting pup paperweight.
Stands 6″ tall, weighs 1 lb. In perfect condition.
Nice crystal, high clarity. Made by hand. Probably created in Italy. Circa unknown but not new, estimated mid-20th century.
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$40.00Handmade pig or hog paperweight in pink cased bubbly glass.
Measures 4½” long, 3½” tall and weighs 1.4 lbs. Pink bubbly glass encased in crystal with applied black eyes. Maker and age unknown.
Date and maker unknown. Possibly Czech glass, mid to post 20th century.
She’s a chubby little hog in perfect condition. Great gift for your favorite little hog!
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$155.00Large Murano art glass paperweight in millefiori (Thousand Flowers in Italian) with a velvety satin finish.
Densely packed millefiori over a colorless interior. The interior can be seen only from the base. The canes are well-made (hand-made) with many colors featuring a single cane that differs than the others. It may be a signature cane. See image 2 lower left. The cane has a white background with black center trimmed with red loops.
Many famous Italian artists created millefiori glass objects. Our first guess of maker for this paperweight would be Toso, made for export (import to U.S.).
Big pedestal paperweight weighs 1.6 lbs., measures 4″ tall and 3½” at widest. 9½” circumference on top. Dates to the 1950’s to 1960’s, could be older.
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$225.00Scarcely seen today without a broken neck! Hard to find Heisey Crystal Giraffe is over 70 years old.
Heisey Glass Giraffe No. 2, (head turned) circa 1942 to 1953. Heisey made another giraffe form with a straight neck called No. 1.
This long slender crystal figurine is in excellent condition. Book value (Heisey Glass 1896 to 1957) published in 2001 is $280.00.
It’s tall, measures 10 5/8″. The giraffe is adorned with a headdress reminiscent of the Egyptian style fad popular at the time. The crystal clarity is excellent, see how it reflects the colors of nearby objects in the images.
Special gift for yourself, your host and/or your Favorite Heisey collector.
Read more about Heisey at Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._H._Heisey
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$15.00Velvety Soft Satin Glass Bunny Ghost
This velvety soft satin glass bunny has a pleasing smooth feel to the touch. It is accomplished by applying an acid wash to the finished form. The semi-opaque result of the acid wash combined with the hand-tooled surrealistic form results in a “ghosted” look.
This lovely glass bunny rabbit can sit on the dining table as a “table charm”. In the late 1800’s to early 1900’s fine dining tables would feature little creatures scattered about to induce conversation. A nice addition to your favorite bunny lover’s collection.
Measures 3½” long, 2″ wide and 2¾” tall. In perfect condition. Made by hand. Applied tail. Maker unknown.
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$450.00Hand-formed massive Murano art glass goose or duck figurine stands just under 20″ tall and weighs 13 lbs.
The largest Murano art glass goose figurine we’ve seen, and we’ve been looking at vintage glass for over 20 years. It’s almost life-size.
Masterfully made by hand with an elongated intentional stylized interior air bubble running from the tail to just below the head. The solid glass base and bill were hand-formed separately, then applied to the body. Measures 19.5″ Tall, 7″ at widest point, 5″ base.
In excellent condition with heavy bottom wear on base. This architectural size Murano art glass goose weighs 13 lbs. The weight and age combined creates scratching where the seat of the base meets a surface. ‘Bottom-wear’ cannot be seen unless the object is turned upside-down.
Mid-century Italian Murano art glass. Estimated Circa 1940-1960. Maker near certain to be Flavio Poli for Vetreria Seguso. Flavio Poli, famous for his designs using the “Sommerso” technique, was artistic director for Vetreria Seguso from 1937 – 1963. The company closed in 1972
Extremely Rare.
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$45.00Beautiful intricate paperweight with ruby jewels nestled in a pink cloud surrounded by floating bubbles.
A worn “Crystal Art Glass Cambridge O.” paper label on the bottom has been protected and secured by tape.
According to the expert at Allan’s Paperweights:
“John Degenhart was born in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1884. He started working in glass at the Dalzell, Gilmore & Leighton Company factory in Findlay, Ohio at the age of ten. John’s brother Charles, also worked at Dalzell. In 1901, both joined Cambridge Glass in Cambridge, Ohio.
The original paperweight production was the work of Charles and his two sons. John also produced paperweights to help meet the demand. This started as an after hours activity in the 1920s while the men worked at Cambridge Glass (with the approval of the company). John retired from Cambridge Glass in 1946 and opened the Crystal Art Glass Company shortly after that. Most of the early production was devoted to paperweights.”
Condition is perfect. The paperweight is 3-1/16″ in diameter and 2-5/8″ high. Weighs 1¼ lbs. Circa approx. 1947.
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$45.00Retro Vintage Collectible Figurine by Rainbow Art Glass with Sticker
Vintage critter figurine Handmade in 1970’s West Virginia. USA. Mid-20th Century mod art glass…door mouse? Cute spunky animal looks like it’s reaching up for a hug.
In perfect condition with original 1970’s Rainbow Art Glass label. Beautiful, hand-mixed, deep dark cobalt blue color. Hand-formed of solid glass.
Measures just over 5″ tall. Shown next to a scarce Pilgrim Art Glass (same era) owl in image 5, available separately. Shown in image 6 atop a light box to help illustrate the intense color.
Perfect gift for the cobalt blue glass and/or cute vintage collectible figurine collector.
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Big, beautiful vintage mid-century modern Murano art glass horse.
This vintage Italian glass pony weighs in at 2¼ lbs and stands 9¾” tall, 8½” long and 3½” thick. It was blown hollow in multiple parts, then applied together by the artist.
Playful pony n excellent condition. Hollow parts are airtight, no fogging. No chips. Perfect. Blown in amber and crystal quality vintage glass.
Circa 1960’s to 1970’s. Maker unknown, but certainly from one of the great glass houses of Murano, Italy.
Great gift for the horse lover. Excellent decor for a high shelf in the kids room.
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$95.00Handmade vintage Murano art glass owl with green millefiori eyes.
Mid-20th century Italian made owl figurine possibly by Franco Moretti. Certainly vintage Murano glass by one of the fine glass makers of the time.
Quality multi-color glass layered by hand and encased with crystal. Inner layer of colorless glass is cased with Lattimo (milk glass) providing opacity. The Lattimo layer is cased with the colored mottled glass. The owl’s body has silver leaf in the colored glass layer and expertly controlled bubbles inside the red glass head. The green millefiori eyes and colorless beak were applied. The figurine is solid glass, not hollow.
In excellent condition. Big owl figurine stands 5″ tall, 3″ at widest and weighs 1.6 lbs.
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$125.00Large and Heavy Blenko Art Glass Bookends by Don Shepherd
Here’s an unusual set of Blenko Art Glass bookends. Nicely detailed sculptured American Indian bust. They were designed by Don Shepherd (1974 – 1988) as part of the ‘IceFlow’ line produced in 1977.
Big solid chunks of clay molded colorless glass weigh 9 lbs total. Guaranteed to hold your books without slipping.
Nice vintage quality thick, heavily textured Blenko Glass bookends. The room lighting enhances the decor by lighting it up in areas and by reflecting nearby colors. Really beautiful.
They stand 9½” tall, 4½” wide and 2½” thick. Weigh 4½ lbs each.
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$30.00Baccarat Paperweight Cameo Jean Jacques Rousseau Ruby Base
Sulfide Cameo Baccarat paperweight depicting Jean Jacques Rousseau, a philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. Signed and dated on the ruby glass base: “Baccarat France (in circle logo), The Franklin Mint 1976”
Baccarat is famous for its cameo incrustations in glass objects. Many beautiful forms were created with this exquisite artistic decor.
Baccarat Crystal began producing fine crystal objects in France around the mid-1840’s and continues to the present day.
Perfect workmanship and highly detailed cameo’s. More detail can be observed in real life than can be seen in the images. The top layer of crystal is encircled with 6 half moons creating a 3-D view of the highly detailed cameo encased within.
The Jean Jacques Rousseau paperweight is in near perfect condition with mild, expected bottom-wear on the base and 3 slight bump chiggers on side.
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$55.00Rembrandt Portrait Etching Fine Belgium Crystal Signed & Dated 1968
Highly detailed Rembrandt portrait by Val St. Lambert, a producer of high quality art glass in Belgium. This plate is signed “Edition Limited, 1968, Val St. Lambert” in French.
This plate retains Both original labels. It is in excellent condition.
The Rembrandt portrait decor is deep acid etched from a very detailed carving. The surface of the plate is smooth, the deep etch decor shows through from the reverse. Wonderful 3-D effect. Beautiful artwork.
Heavyweight crystal, plate weighs 1.2 lbs. Measures 8″ wide, slightly flared rims .75″ deep. The Rembrandt plate does not have its original box.
Val St. Lambert made a series of these plates with different artists. Van Gogh and P.P. Rubens are shown in image 5 and are available separately. A gift set in its original packaging of Gainsborough and Reynolds is shown in image 6 and is also available separately.Click here to view all Old Masters portrait plates available.
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$55.00P.P. Rubens Portrait Plate in Quality Belgium Crystal with Deep Etching
Artistic P.P. Rubens Portrait Plate by Val St. Lambert. Signed & Dated 1968, Limited Series. From the quality glass maker’s ‘Old Masters’ series.
Val St. Lambert was a producer of high quality art glass in Belgium. Read more about the company at Wikipedia.
Peter Paul Rubens was a Baroque style portrait painter in the 1600’s.
The P.P. Rubens portrait decor is a very detailed deep acid etched carving. The surface of the plate is smooth, the deep etch decor shows through from the reverse. Wonderful 3-D effect. Beautiful artwork.
Heavyweight, high quality crystal plate weighs 1 lb. Measures 8″ wide, slightly flared rims .75″ deep. This plate retains its original label. It is in excellent condition.
Val St. Lambert made a series of these plates with different artists. Van Gogh and Rembrandt are shown in image 5 and are available separately. A gift set in its original packaging of Gainsborough and Reynolds is also available separately. Click here to view all Old Masters portrait plates available.
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$110.00Old Masters Gift Set in High Quality Vintage Belgium Crystal
The Old Masters gift set includes two famous artists crystal art plates by Val Saint Lambert, Belgium. Highly artistic deep sand-blast carvings on quality crystal of English artists Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. Both men were competing in the lucrative portrait business in the Mid-18th Century
Great find in original box with literature. Box is a bit worn from storage. Plates are in pristine condition with both Val St. Lambert labels on each.
The carvings are detailed and interesting/amusing. Artist must have been very grumpy back in the 1700’s. Top-of-the line deeply etched decor with a fascinating 3-D effect.
The crystal is pure, extreme high clarity…not a spot on it. Thick walled, top-quality Belgium crystal.
Both are signed on the base “Edition Limited – 1972 Val St. Lambert”. Pamphlet gives a short bio of the artists and a list (with dates) of others artists in the series beginning in 1968.
More famous artist plates of Van Gogh, Rubens and Rembrandt (without original boxes) are available separately . Click here to view all Old Masters portrait plates available.
Plates measure 8″ round, rims are slightly flared up. Each plate weighs 1 lb.
Read more about Val Saint Lambert at Wikipedia…
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$45.00Rainbow Art Glass Crystal Cat Figurine
Mid-century modern stylized crystal cat figurine in colorless glass. Made in the 1960’s by Rainbow Art Glass, USA.
Hand-formed with pulled ears and pinched eyes. The ‘tail’ is wrapped around its feet. Retro modern style.
Solid glass weighs 1 lb. Stands 5½” tall. In like-new condition. Perfect gift for your favorite cat lover. Other Rainbow art glass items shown in images may be available separately.
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$30.00Pairpoint Glass Company Fat White Pig Table Charm with Maker’s Label
Cute Pairpoint Glass Company pig with original Pairpoint sticker still attached. Stylish little figurines like this were used back in the day to decorate and perk table conversation at the dining table. Also called “Whimseys”.
Pairpoint Glass is a very, very old U.S. elegant glass maker associated with Mount Washington Glass and the New England Glass Company. Through the years the company was sold a few times and miraculously is still in business today in Massachusetts.
We believe this little piggy was reproduced from a turn of the 20th Century iconic Pairpoint Pig designed by Jarvis himself. Made sometime between 1950 and 1970.
Measures 3″ long, 2½” wide and 2½” tall. Weighs 12 ounces. Made by hand with tool pinched ears, feet and nose. Tightly curled piggy tail was made separately and applied. In excellent condition.
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$50.00Vintage Murano Sommerso Art Glass Bear Made in Italy
Handmade vintage Murano Sommerso glass bear blown in colorless, green and blue. Finished by hand.
Large and heavy Polar Bear measures 7″ long, 4.5″ tall and weighs 2 lbs.
We have seen this angry polar bear before with an original label on it. The label read: Handmade Venetian ji Co. Made in Italy, with a Gondola boat image. JI Co. was a major exporter of the Venetian and Murano Glass in the 1950s and 1960s. They exported product made by various glass houses in Italy to be sold in department stores and other retailers around the world.
This big bad bear is in perfect condition. It Does Not have the JI Co sticker. Base is polished flat with slight bottom wear.
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$45.00Pilgrim Art Glass Snail Figurine Vintage Handcrafted
Perfect Pilgrim art glass snail shown in the “Wonderful World of Pilgrim Glass Animals” advertisement in the 1970 catalog, part no. 934.
Beautiful deep blue color lightens and darkens according to the thickness of the glass. Looks almost fluid as light shines through it.
Collectible organic style free-form animal figurine popular in the mid-20th century. Circa U.S.A., 1970’s. Measures 4.5″ long and 4″ tall. In like-new condition.
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$95.00Mid-Century Decor Figurine Crystal Donkey by Pilgrim Art Glass 1972 USA
Mid-century decor styling. Large and funky lead crystal free-form donkey. Shown in Pilgrim Art Glass 1972 catalog, part no. 911. Hand-formed in heavy lead crystal.
The ad copy shown on the same Pilgrim Art Glass catalog as this crystal donkey says it all:
What makes Pilgrim lead crystal special? All of the material used in melting lead crystal are of the purest quality, uncontaminated by any foreign substance. The lead ingredient considerably increases the density of the glass – making it heavier – and enhancing it’s power to disperse light, giving PILGRIM LEAD CRYSTAL unrivaled sparkle and brilliancy. Sizes range from 5″ to 7″.
This beautiful free-form vintage lead crystal donkey is 7″ long and 5.5″ tall. No damage. Approximately 45 years old. Excellent condition.
Rarely seen Pilgrim Art Glass lead crystal donkey. Very hard to find with tail and ears intact. Highly collectible!
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$60.00Murano Glass Clown Tomato hand-made in Italy, circa 1960’s – 1980’s.
Because of the fat, red, round belly, this vintage Murano Glass clown form is often called a ‘Tomato Clown’.
Each piece was handmade by an Italian glass artist and then applied together to form the clown. The feet and circle rim are in cobalt blue. The cobalt blue hat has applied rings of white glass. The hands, lips, nose, eyes, hair and ‘foliage’ collar are applied separately. Nice, thick, colorful vintage glass is sturdy and quality.
This Murano art glass clown measures 8″ tall, 5.75″ wide and 4″ thick. Weighs just under 2 lbs. In like-new condition. Perfect gift for your favorite clown lover.
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Beautiful vintage amber glass horse bookends by LE Smith.
Vintage glass horse bookends in lovely amber. The thick caramel colored glass changes in intensity according to the varying thickness of the glass and the lighting conditions, much like the real amber gem.
Heavy glass bookends. Each weigh just over 3 lbs. Measure 8″ tall, 5″ long and 3″ wide. Shown with large books in images.
Made by mold in the 1940’s by L.E. Smith and Fostoria, both major glass makers of the time.
See image 2; there are two trapped air bubbles within the glass on the bases. This is expected with hand-made Depression era glass.
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$35.00French Lead Crystal Gull Bowl for Princess House from the 1960’s
French crystal imported in the 1960’s from Verreries de Vannes for Princess House in America. Princess House (glass distributor) sold quality glass at house parties, much like Tupperware parties.
This beautiful gull dish has no labels. An image of a dish just like it, but with label, is shown in image 4 to establish the maker – BUT this dish does not have the labels attached.
High quality leaded crystal, smooth velvety feel and liquid-like appearance. In Excellent condition. Fine, heavy crystal. Base is polished and beveled.
Stunning dish is perfect for a vanity catch-all, fine candy dish, or floral vase. Measures 8″ long and 4″ at tallest. Weighs 2 lbs.
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$35.00Swedish 1970’s Crystal Table Charm Chicken
Crystal table charm by Pukeberg Glasbruk, Sweden. Cute, fat, mid-century modern hen made of solid Swedish crystal. Makes a fine paperweight, dining table charm (maker’s intention) or decor accent.
Original label still attached. Pukeberg Glasbruk (glass works) was established in 1871. During the mid-20th century Pukeberg employed notable glass masters such as Goran Warff , Eva Englund and Erik Hoglund. It was during the 1970’s that Pukeberg produced much of it’s decorative objects. Today, in the 21st century, the company focuses mainly on lighting fixtures.
This solid vintage crystal table charm chicken measures 3½” tall, 3½” long and 2″ wide. Weighs 1 lb. In like-new condition.