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  Large glass floor vase made in the early 1960’s by Tiffin glass, a very elegant and popular American glass maker of the mid-20th century. Rarely seen glass floor vase, especially in this color combo.

  Twilight and Green was one of 6 color combinations used on the Empress line. Twilight is a light purple amethyst that tends to change hues slightly in different lights. The green is a deep dark blue/green.

  Blown from a 10 rib optic mold, then hand swung and heat finished. Polished flat bottom. Seamless color integration. Beautiful.

  HUGE glass floor vase. Stands a tad over 15″ tall. HEAVY. Weighs 5.25 lbs. Impressive and sturdy. QUALITY thick glass. Tiffin’s glass quality was upscale. Beautiful translucent velvety glass. In excellent condition. Documented Tiffin art glass item.

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  Large Vintage Murano Sommerso Glass Paperweight Vase

  Large liquid-like vintage Italian Murano sommerso uranium glass organic form.

  Awesome vintage Murano sommerso glass in blue, yellow & crystal solid heavy glass – weighs 6 lbs. The center yellowish color has an uranium content, this fabulous art glass glows under black light. 7.5″ long, 4.5″ at widest, 3.5″ tall. In great condition with minor smoothed repair on top edge, barely visible repair will not show up in images.

  Hand-formed, some tool marks visible, few small bubble inclusions. Base shows bottom wear with small interior (does not breach the surface) crossed stress line that is only visible when studied closely. Unsigned, most likely made by fine Italian glass artist “Seguso” in the first half of the 20th century. Small opening is as deep as the yellow layer, great for bud vase or anything holder.

  Eye catching desktop large paperweight. Image below shows this rare vase with a pair of matching bookends.

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  Magnificent Blown Cranberry Glass Fish

  Fantastic hand-blown Bohemian cranberry glass striking fish

  It’s a lunker!!! Huge art glass fish measures 21″ long, weighs almost 5 lbs. This prize catch was made of high quality glass, hand-blown by a skilled artist. The pink glass is called “cranberry”. Cranberry glass is achieved by adding real gold to the glass recipe. The cranberry glass is encased in a thick layer of colorless glass. Blowing two colors of glass together is called ‘Sommerso’.

  The tail, five fins and solid black eyes were formed separately, then applied to the fish body. The open mouth is beveled and polished. The mouth and tail area are slightly darker, this is due to the pink glass being thicker at those points.

  There are no inclusions in the fine glass. The blower managed to produce this giant with no errors (very difficult with hand blown glass). The glass is smooth and brilliantly translucent.

  The interior is hollow. It is a stunning decor focal point, but much too precious to put water inside for flowers (it would be difficult and dangerous to dry the hollow center). Shown with a large blown glass goldfish bowl to help show its enormous size. This is the largest blown fish we’ve seen to date.

  Fish vessels were popular in the mid-20th century. We have spotted another fish just like this with a ‘Bohemian’ sticker still attached. Made in the Czech countries. In excellent condition.

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