PAIR OF BOHEMIAN CRANBERRY RUBY RED GLASS ENAMELED AND GOLD URNS. 19TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Miscellaneus / Ceramic
Reference: ZE222
Pair of vases. Glass. Bohemia, Czech Republic, 19th century. A pair of red glass vases decorated with areas of white enamel and gold accents, highlighting the two female busts (virtually portraits against an undefined background) on their fronts. The two raised handles, each topped with a circle, feature a delicate decoration of simplified plant motifs. The glass displays a similar type of decoration, but with a different (more classical) influence. The busts are enhanced by gold frames and dark lines clearly reminiscent of classical art. The white areas (with plant forms) are outlined in gold. Both pieces show remarkable similarities in the quality of the glass color and decoration, as well as in their lines, with prominent red Bohemian crystal urns, particularly those associated with Ludwig Moser & Söhne. Moser is a luxury glassmaking company located in Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic; formerly Karlsbad in Bohemia) that continues its work today (founded in 1857 by Ludwig Moser) and is highly regarded in the art world for its late 19th and 20th-century works. While Bohemia was a region known for its glass production as early as the 13th century (especially after the discovery that adding potassium created a clearer and more stable colorless glass than Italian glass), this activity became popular in the 17th century (although the term "Bohemian" or similar had been used for a hundred years prior to distinguish quality glass from this region), and it particularly flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries thanks to important manufacturers renowned for the quality of their materials and techniques and the care they took in their designs. By the mid-19th century, they had a system for teaching glassmaking, and in the latter half of the century, they exported large quantities of striking pieces (usually pairs of glasses or vases in a single color of opaque glass or two colors, decorated with enameled floral elements, painted details; sometimes lithographic techniques were used to copy famous paintings and incorporate them into the works; etc.) produced in large factories and in significant quantities.
· Size: 15x13x41 cms.
4.900 €
